Hindutva mob barges into FTII Pune, burns posters about Babri Masjid demolition

A group of men belonging to Hindutva outfits on Tuesday barged into the Film and Television Institute of India in Pune and burned a poster about the demolition of the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya in 1992, reported Maktoob Media.

Videos on social media showed the men entering the campus shouting “Jai Shri Ram” as well as slogans hailing 17th-century Maratha ruler Shivaji. Some men were also seen burning a poster reading “Remember Babri, death of Constitution” and destroying a board displaying photos to mark the event.

The men allegedly targeted student union president Mankap Nokwoham, General Secretary Sayantan Chakrabarty and two others, including a female student, who have been hospitalised, according to Maktoob Media.

The police told The Indian Express that while some students have been sent for medical examination, their reports would confirm if they have been injured.

“Some members of various right-wing outfits entered the FTII campus on Tuesday afternoon and took down the banner and set it on fire while chanting slogans,” an official of the Deccan Gymkhana police station told the newspaper. “At this point, a clash broke out between the members of the right-wing outfits and a group of FTII students.”

Senior Inspector Vipin Hasabnis, who is in charge of the police station, said that the police intervened after...

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