Meghalaya filmmaker Dominic Sangma assaulted in Itanagar after intervening in student harassment
Itanagar: Meghalaya filmmaker Dominic Sangma was assaulted in Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-ruled Arunachal Pradesh after intervening when students were being harassed.
According to Kashmir Media Service, Meghalaya filmmaker Dominic Sangma was attacked near the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Jote campus, in Itanagar after intervening when students were being harassed. The incident has led to the registration of an FIR and renewed calls for action against the accused.
Sangma, an Indian National Award-winning filmmaker, who heads the Department of Screenwriting at FTII’s Jote campus, was assaulted by two men near Rakap village along the Jollang-Rakap road in Itanagar.
His wife, Karry Padu, in a Facebook post said that Sangma stepped in after witnessing two young men assaulting students. She said the men then attacked the filmmaker.
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“My husband was attacked by some local boys around the Rakap village near FTII Jote today by two young boys,” Padu wrote.
According to her, the two men were carrying bamboo sticks and appeared to be under the influence of alcohol. She also said that an FTII security guard and four students were assaulted and wrongfully restrained during the incident.
The accused have been identified in the FIR as Techi Nanu and Techi Sanjay, both residents of Rakap village.
Police said further investigation is underway.
