A new confrontation developed outside Kolkata’s Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute on October 4 when a Bangiya Hindu Jagaran Manch march reached its gates. Police stopped attempts to enter the campus, while students and teachers alleged that stones and bottles were thrown from outside. The Indian Express and The Times of India independently reported the incident. It was a fresh Sunday clash, separate from the campus violence of September 27.
The march travelled from Ajaynagar towards the institute. The Statesman reported that police kept protesters from entering and removed several from the immediate area. A police officer quoted by PTI, in coverage carried by The Week, said officers at the gate blocked entry and a scuffle followed attempts to breach it. Students and faculty gathered inside, some wearing helmets. These accounts establish a confrontation and intervention, but not a complete reconstruction of every act.
Students told The Indian Express that they had warned Kolkata Police and the state government on October 3 about the planned rally and sought protection. The newspaper also reported a letter to Information and Broadcasting Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw from students of the Kolkata, Pune and Itanagar film institutes. It described concern about a march close to SRFTI so soon after the previous violence. The original correspondence was not independently available for this report.
The Statesman reported that a professor was injured by a brick; Manch members also claimed injuries. The Indian Express separately reported injuries to police personnel. ANI recorded a person identifying himself as a Kolkata Police Special Branch officer alleging that he had been assaulted. The reviewed material did not provide an independently verified combined injury count, hospital records or official confirmation of that individual’s identification and account.
The Manch disputed responsibility. Its South Bengal representative Rohit Shaw told The Times of India that stones and bottles first came from inside the campus, and denied that its members tried to force entry. ANI separately recorded protesters denying that they threw objects or assaulted police. Organisers said they were protesting alleged disrespect to images of Swami Vivekananda and Bharat Mata. Those accusations against students are contested claims, not established findings.
The Times of India reported students demanding the vice-chancellor’s and registrar’s resignation and an apology, alongside a halt to academic activity and an institutional FIR. The vice-chancellor was unavailable for comment. These are reported demands, not confirmation that a new case was registered. The Statesman likewise reported no immediate institutional response to Sunday’s incident.
The September 27 incident, subsequent complaints and inquiry provide background; they should not be confused with action taken over October 4. The immediate questions are campus safety, medical confirmation of injuries and investigation of the competing accounts. No final police finding, new custody order or court ruling settling Sunday’s allegations was established in the material reviewed for this report.