Telugu film actor Allu Arjun has been arrested by the police in connection with a stampede at the premiere of his film Pushpa 2 in Hyderabad on December 4. The Stampede had left a 39-year-old woman dead and her son critical.
Police had filed a case against the Sandhya Theatre management, the actor, and his security team. Officers had said the police had no prior intimation that the film’s team would turn up for the premiere.
Arjun was taken into custody on Friday by a team from Chikkadpally police station, where the case was registered.
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At the time of filing the FIR, Deputy Commissioner of Police of Central Zone, Hyderabad Police, Akshansh Yadav had told The Indian Express, “A case has been filed under BNS section 105 (punishment for culpable homicide not amounting to murder) and 118(1) r/w 3(5) (voluntarily causing hurt or grievous hurt) at Chikkadpally police station based on the complaint of the family members of the deceased person. It is being investigated. Stringent action as per law will be taken against all the persons responsible for the chaotic situation inside the theatre leading to the death of a person and injury to others.”
The actor will be produced before a magistrate later in the day.
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On Friday, officials from the Hyderabad Police Commissioner’s Task Force and the Chikkadpally police station arrived at Arjun’s house and took him into custody. The actor had approached the Telangana High Court seeking to clear his name from the FIR, but it has not come up for hearing so far. Sandhya Theatre’s owner and two employees have already been arrested.
According to officers, their probe found that the theatre management allegedly did not make additional provisions to manage the crowd. There was no separate entry or exit for the actors’ team, police alleged.
