Filmmaker Dominic Sangma Assaulted In Arunachal, Two Held
An FTII security guard and four students were also assaulted, police informed
Itanagar: National award-winning filmmaker Dominic Sangma was allegedly assaulted by two men on the outskirts of the Arunachal Pradesh capital when he tried to intervene in a fight between a group of FTII students and the accused, police said on Friday. The two men, who allegedly attacked the film director with bamboo sticks, were arrested, a senior officer said.
The incident occurred on Wednesday evening on the Jollang-Rakap road after Sangma, who hails from Meghalaya, attempted to protect the students of the Film and Television Institute of India at Jote from being beaten up by the two locals, he said.
An FTII security guard and four students were also assaulted, the officer said.
Sangma, a prominent figure in North Eastern cinema and best known for his critically acclaimed Garo-language feature film Rapture (Rimdogittanga) and Ma.Ama, serves as the head of the department of screenwriting at the FTII campus in Jote.
According to the filmmaker's wife, Sangma was out for a walk around 6.30 pm on Wednesday and spotted the two men, allegedly in an inebriated condition and armed with bamboo sticks, intimidating the FTII students.
"When the director intervened, the two men attacked him with bamboo sticks," Sangma's wife said.
"Following a complaint, the police registered an FIR at the Balijan Police Station and arrested the two residents of Rakap village," the officer said.