pune the city police on wednesday evening served a notice to 17 students of the film and television institute of india ftii warning them to refrain from any form of protest when actor gajendra chauhan arrives on his maiden visit to the institute on thursday to take charge as chairman of the ftii society the 17 students most of whom were at the forefront of the 139day agitation against chauhan and four other ftii society members had been booked in august last year for allegedly gheraoing ftii director prashant pathrabe the students had been booked under sections 143 unlawful assembly 147 rioting 323 voluntarily causing hurt 341 wrongful restraint 353 assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of duty and 506 criminal intimidation of the indian penal code ipc and section 3 of the prevention of damage to the public property act senior inspector pravin chougule of the deccan gymkhana police station who has signed the notice told toi chauhan is visiting the institute and it is suspected that the students might hold a protest against him the protest should not turn violent we want to avoid any untoward incident on the campus hence the notice the students have been told to refrain from protesting or instigating other students to protest which may turn violent the notice which has been served under section 149 prevention of cognizable offences of the crpc mentions that a case had been filed against the students for rioting and damaging public property on the campus the notice states that during the visit of chauhan and other members on thursday and friday the students and their associates should not disturb or violate the peace on the campus directly or indirectly it warns the students to take utmost care to avoid a lawandorder situation on the campus or face legal action breaching the peace on the campus would result in action under section 188 disobedience of order duly promulgated by public servant of the ipc it says earlier in the day ftii students said they would stage a peaceful protest at the institute we will protest with peaceful sloganeering a thirdyear student at the institute said our core demand was that the newlyappointed society be put in abeyance we wanted that proper criteria and procedure be put in place to appoint the society members however things remain the same the administration can remove all our graffiti but we will continue to protest a facebook page created by the students has labelled thursdays meeting as besharam shameless on the other hand more than 150 staff members are expected to accord a welcome to chauhan and 25 other society members the ftii administration has hired additional workers to clean up the premises and whitewash the paintings and slogans which the students had come up with to voice their protest a staff member at the institute said chauhan has conveyed to the administration that he wants to meet the students and talk to them when toi contacted