Imtiaz Ali recently told a pretty shocking story from his college time and it really caught me off guard he said that he was once taken from his Delhi hostel at night by a local gang.

At first it was seemingly just a spat something about a political poster but then it spiraled into a terrifying situation. There was this unexpected turn in the whole thing and that strange twist is what helped him get out safe and sound.

Imtiaz graduated from Hindu College in 1993. During a chat on Unfiltered with Samdish he went back to that episode from his college era and said how a small seemingly minor disagreement on campus sort of spiraled into a late night clash. He talked about how he was reportedly taken away from his hostel in Delhi by a local gang.

He said, "At that time there was the usual NSUI versus ABVP rivalry in universities. Someone had put up a poster on the wall of my hostel. I told them not to put it on the front face of the hostel and instead use the side walls. They deliberately pasted it on the front wall. In front of them, I removed it and put it up on the side. They left. A few days later around 2 am one of my hostel mates came and told me to run because those people were coming. They arrived and said, ‘Come with us.’ I asked where but they had come in a cycle rickshaw to take me away."

Recalling how he finally escaped, Imtiaz said, "The gang leader then asked one of his men whether I had torn the poster. He replied, ‘It’s the same thing. Whether he removed it or tore it it’s the same.’ The gang leader got angry and said, ‘You told me he had torn the poster and now you’re saying he only removed it?' They got into an argument and the gang leader slapped his own man twice for lying to him. That’s how I got away."