Allu Arjun arrested: The Hyderabad police on Friday arrested popular Tollywood film star Allu Arjun in connection with the December 4 incident of stampede like situation at a theatre in Hyderabad during the premiere show of his latest film Pushpa-2: The Rule, in which a 35-year-old woman died and her nine-year-old son was hospitalised due to asphyxiation.
A team of police officials from Chikkadpally police station in Hyderabad came to Allu Arjun’s residence in Jubilee Hills and took him into custody. He was shifted to the police station, where he would be questioned, the police said.
A 35-year-old woman died and her nine-year-old son was hospitalised due to asphyxiation during a stampede-like situation at a film theatre in Hyderabad during the premiere show of actor Allu Arjun’s “Pushpa 2: The Rule”, police said.
The incident took place on the night of December 4 when a large crowd of fans thronged the Sandhya Theatre at the busy RTC Crossroads to have a glimpse of the actor.
The police registered a case has been registered against the Telugu superstar and theatre management.
The deceased has been identified as Revathi, police said. She was accompanied by her son Sri Teja who also suffered suffocation and is being treated in a hospital where he is recovering.
Meanwhile, a case against the actor, his security team and the theatre management, under sections 105 and 118(1) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) has been registered at the Chikkadpally police station based on the complaint by the deceased’s family, police said.