Pune: Intensifying their agitation, three students of Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) went on an indefinite hunger strike on Wednesday to press their demand for the removal of Gajendra Chauhan as chairman of the prestigious institution.

The decision to thus step up the stir follows 91 days of sustained protest by the students that has seen all academic activity on the campus having come to a halt since June 12. "Our fast is indefinite. The three students - Hiral Savad, Alol Arora and Himanshu Shekhar - if they are hospitalised, will be replaced by another batch of protesters," FTII Students' Association (FSA) representative Ranjit Nair told PTI.