Kolkata SRFTI Violence | Students, Teachers Injured In Clashes At Kolkata Film Institute

A section of students clashed with members of a right-wing consumer group this evening at Kolkata's Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute or SRFTI in which several people were injured. The right wing group Akhil Bharatiya Grahak Panchayat, which organised a programme at the main auditorium of SRFTI, had allegedly made highly provocative remarks, the students have contended. Members of the "Akhil Bharatiya Grahak Panchayat (West Bengal Chapter)," have hit back, claiming that their posters and banners were torn down and they were beaten up, despite having permission to hold the event. Preliminary reports indicate the organisation, backed by the BJP's ideological mentor Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, had organised an event at the auditorium. The students had questioned why such an event was being held within the institution, leading to a verbal altercation between the two sides.