SRFTI student arrested for stalking JU girl, friends
Times of India | 27 March 2026
Kolkata: Jadavpur Police arrested a student of the Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute (SRFTI) on Wednesday in connection with the alleged stalking of a female student from Jadavpur University and her friends.
The accused was caught by JU students themselves after their protest before the accused against continued harassment fell on deaf ears, claimed sources.
The accused,Avik Das, a resident of East Midnapore, was taken into custody following a formal complaint lodged at the Jadavpur PS.
Campus sources said that the SRFTI student is a familiar face at JU. The complainant wrote that on Wednesday around 4 pm, Das was following a female student and was eavesdropping. "He was trying to click her pictures to find her on social media. He was doing this for one to one-and-a-half hours," claimed a witness.
Another student revealed, "The same accused last year harassed another girl and passed lewd remarks. We had protested even then."
"The complainant alleged that the harassment occurred on March 24 and escalated the following day. On March 25, around 4 pm, the accused reportedly followed the complainant and her friends near the campus premises. The victim further stated that Das had a history of similar behaviour towards her and her acquaintances prior to these specific dates."