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.