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West Bengal forms SIT to probe SRFTI clash, report due 1 October
The Story in Brief
The West Bengal government on 30 September constituted a six-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) headed by Additional Commissioner of Kolkata Police (Crime) Kunal Agrawal to probe the 27 September violence at Kolkata's Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute (SRFTI). The SIT's first report is due by 1 October.
Three FIRs have been registered: one by SRFTI dean Sukanta Majumder, one by ABGP West Bengal chief Anjan Sinha, and one suo motu by police officer Koushick Bose. Students affiliated with the Students' Federation of India (SFI) clashed with members of the Akhil Bharatiya Grahak Panchayat (ABGP) inside the campus auditorium on 27 September. Each side accuses the other of assault. ABGP says it paid Rs 15,000 to hire the venue and obtained permission. Students say they were not informed about the event.
Update, 30 September 2026: The West Bengal government on 30 September constituted a six-member SIT headed by Kunal Agrawal to probe the clash, Telangana Today and The Hindu report. The SIT must submit its first report by 1 October. Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap shared the students' statement on Instagram, Times of India adds.
Indian Opinion Analysis
The five sources covering the SIT formation (The Hindu, Telangana Today) and the aftermath (Hindustan Times, Assam Tribune, Times of India) are all neutral wire-style reports that present each side's account without favour. The Hindu and Telangana Today lead with the government's SIT decision and the 1 October deadline, while Hindustan Times and Assam Tribune foreground the normalised campus situation and the three FIRs. The only variation is in detail: Hindustan Times quotes an ABGP member alleging students tore posters of Bharat Mata and Swami Vivekananda, a claim Assam Tribune also reports but that The Hindu and Times of India omit. Times of India adds filmmaker Anurag Kashyap's Instagram post sharing the students' statement, which no other outlet mentions. The coverage is uniform on the core facts: the SIT, three FIRs, and duelling assault allegations.
Coverage: 6 sources, 6 neutral
Sources (6): timesofindia.indiatimes.com (neutral report), hindustantimes.com (neutral report), thehindu.com (neutral report), assamtribune.com (neutral report), thehindu.com (2) (neutral report), telanganatoday.com (neutral report)
This brief was synthesised by AI from the 6 sources linked above, so one read covers every framing they carry. Methodology and corrections.
