Video: Watch Pune police constable in civilian dress manhandling agitating FTII student

A video grab of Maharashtra police action against agitating FTII students (video below)

Staff correspondent, August 19, 2015, NewsCrunch

On Tuesday midnight Maharashtra police arrested five students of Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) from the campus.

A total of 17 students, including three girls have been booked  for rioting, damaging properties and other charges.
The Tuesday night arrests were a response to the Monday gherao of FTII Director Prashant Pathrabe and his staffers by the striking students. The FTII officials were confined to he office for eight hours, till the police intervened to  resolve the matter.

The students, who allegedly vandalised office furniture, were protesting  a new policy on assessing the projects of the 2008 batch.

The police said they arrested FTII students following a complaint from Prashant Pathrabe.

A video shot on the mobile camera on Monday shows that the temperature was running high.

The students are seen protesting peacefully but vociferously. A policeman in a yellow shirt picks on a student in blue t-shirt and shoves him violently. The student caught unguarded is thrown for a distance, hits the wall and falls on a chair.

The police action follows the 72 day old agitation of FTII students, who are opposing the appointment of BJP member and TV actor Gajendra Chauhan as FTII chairman.

Video of Maharashtra police action against agitating FTII students