Police in Pune have arrested 5 students of the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) from its campus on charges of rioting. PTI reports that last midnight's arrests came after a group of striking students had on Monday gheraoed the Institute Director Prashant Pathrabe protesting against irrational and unjustified assessment of the incomplete diploma projects.<br/><br/>Acting on a complaint filed by Pathrabe, police had lodged an FIR against 15 students. Police said, of them, five were arrested on charges of rioting under Section 353 of the Indian Penal Code. The arrested students have been taken to the Deccan police station. The gherao came amid more than 2 months of protest against BJP member and TV actor Gajendra Chauhan's appointment as FTII Chairman.