Actor Allu Arjun arrested in film premiere stampede case

Arjun, his team and the theatre management were booked after a woman died in the stampede at the premiere of his film ‘Pushpa 2’.

Dec 13, 2024 - 17:30

Actor Allu Arjun arrested in film premiere stampede case

Actor Allu Arjun was arrested by the Hyderabad Police on Friday in connection with the death of a woman in a stampede at the premiere of his film Pushpa 2 at Sandhya Theatre earlier this month, The News Minute reported.

The actor was taken into custody from his residence at around noon and questioned by the police, The Hindu reported.

The police had on December 5 filed a case against Arjun, his security team and the management of the venue after the death of the 35-year-old woman. The stampede occurred on the evening of December 4.

The case was filed under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita sections pertaining to culpable homicide not amounting to murder and voluntarily causing hurt or grievous hurt.

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As per L Ramesh Kumar, ACP Chikkadpally, Allu Arjun has been arrested in connection with the case of the death of a woman at Sandhya theatre on December 4, during… pic.twitter.com/euOhYLeEUh— ANI (@ANI) December 13, 2024

Arjun had expressed condolences about the woman’s death and promised to donate Rs 25 lakh to her family as a goodwill gesture, according to The Hindu.

On December 11, he filed a petition in the Telangana High Court seeking to quash the first information report against him.

The police said at the time that the theatre where the film premiere...