FTII crisis : 5 students arrested at Midnight on director's complaint

At midnight Pune police arrested five students of Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) from its campus after the institute's director, Prashant Pathrabe lodged a complaint against them. The arrests come after a group of striking students had on Monday gheraoed the institute director, Prashant Pathrabe, protesting “irrational and unjustified” assessment of the incomplete diploma projects. The students have been charged with obstructing a public servant from doing his duty, a non-bailable offence and for rioting.