Arrested Actor Allu Arjun released on interim bail

The case of stampede in a movie theatre on release of Pushpa 2

Bhagyanagar (Telangana) – Actor Allu Arjun was arrested by the police regarding the stampede outside the ‘Sandhya’ movie theatre. He was sent to 14 days judicial custody. Allu Arjun approached the High Court for bail and he was granted it. The screening of Allu Arjun’s film, ‘Pushpa 2’ was to be held at the Sandhya theatre in Bhagyanagar before its release. Allu Arjun was also present at that time. People thronged to see him then. A woman died, her son got seriously injured in the stampede taking place at that time. They registered a case at the Chikkadapally police station. (The police and administration responsible for maintaining law and order are equally responsible for this incident. They also needed to be investigated. – Editor) The police say that they were unaware of Allu Arjun’s presence at the Sandhya cinema hall, but Allu Arjun said that he had told the police.

Allu Arjun approached the High Court on December 11 to plead for the cancellation of the case registered by the police. He said that it was sad that a woman died in that incident. It was natural for him to go to a cinema hall for the screening of his film. He said that he went to a cinema hall many times before for the screening of his film, but such incidents never happened. Registering a case against him was an abuse of judicial process. His reputation and honour were likely to get tarnished.