At midnight Pune police arrested five students of Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) from its campus after the institute's director, Prashant Pathrabe lodged a complaint against them. The arrests come after a group of striking students had on Monday gheraoed the institute director, Prashant Pathrabe, protesting “irrational and unjustified” assessment of the incomplete diploma projects. The students have been charged with obstructing a public servant from doing his duty, a non-bailable offence and for rioting.