Two days after students of the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) called off their 139-day strike over the controversial appointment of Gajendra Chauhan as the institute’s chairman, a section of the FTII staff alleged that the FTII Radio office was vandalised by students following a night of ‘drunken revelry.’
According to Sanjay Chandekar, head, FTII Radio, a signboard and a few banners that are part of the department, were allegedly found ripped and strewn across the ground on Thursday morning.
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Sources said that following their decision to return to academics, students partied late into the night under the symbolic ‘Wisdom Tree.’
“While we certainly do not endorse what happened, the incident has nothing to do with the protest against Mr. Chauhan. This is an internal administrative issue and has to be viewed as such. We are not aware which of the students did this as has been alleged,” said Harishankar Nachimuthu, president, FTII Students’ Association.
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Following this, a general warning was issued to the students as well as the FSA on Friday to desist from such acts.