Allu Arjun Quizzed Over Pushpa 2 Screening CCTV Video, Likely To Be Taken To Stampede Spot
Allu Arjun Quizzed Over Pushpa 2 Screening CCTV Video, Likely To Be Taken To Stampede Spot
Top Telugu actor Allu Arjun on Tuesday appeared for questioning before the Chikkadpally police, in connection with the death of a woman in a stampede during the screening of ‘Pushpa-2’ in Hyderabad on December 4.
The actor’s father Allu Arvind and his father-in-law Kancharla Chandrasekhar were present at the police station while the actor was being grilled.According to sources, the police interrogation was based on the claims made by Allu Arjun during his press conference on December 21.
He was also asked if he was aware of the woman’s death and if the authorities at the Sandhya theatre conveyed to him about the permission not being granted.The police also reportedly confronted the actor over the CCTV video released by the Hyderabad Police Commissioner, detailing the sequence of events during the stampede.
Earlier, Allu Arjun had claimed that no one from the police team approached him. However, the police claimed that the Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) spoke to the actor after multiple attempts to reach out to him through the Sandhya Theatre management and his personal security team failed.
Allu Arjun claimed that he left the theatre early, However, the police said he came out only at 12.05 am.Following the questioning, the police are also likely to take Allu Arjun to the Sandhya Theatre, where the stampede had occurred.Meanwhile, the actor’s legal team arrived at the Sandhya Theatre in Hyderabad, where the stampede incident occurred.
#WATCH | Telangana: Actor Allu Arjun's legal team arrived at Sandhya Theatre at RTC X Roads in Hyderabad, where a stampede incident occurred during the premier show of 'Pushpa 2'.
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As the actor was being investigated, white sheets were put up at the entrance of his residence at Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad.
SUMMONS TO ALLU ARJUN
On Monday, the actor was issued a summons notice, asking him to appear before the police at 11 am on Tuesday.The notice came a day after police commissioner CV Anand released a video showing the sequence of events at the theatre.
Notice asking Allu Arjun to appear for questioning on December 24A 35-year-old woman died during the stampede at the Sandhya Theatre in Hyderabad on December 4 and her eight-year-old son was hospitalised.Following the incident, the city police registered a case against Allu Arjun, his security team, and the theatre management under different sections of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) at the Chikkadpally police station based on the complaint lodged by the deceased woman’s family.
Allu Arjun, named as accused no 11, was arrested by the city police in connection with the death of the woman on December 13.The following day, on December 14, the Telangana High Court granted him a four-week interim bail and he was released from prison.
ALLU ARJUN CASE: POLITICAL REACTIONS
Commenting on Allu Arjun being summoned, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)’s national spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla told reporters today, “The Congress party’s Telangana government is working with an emergency mentality. The person who threw stones at Allu Arjun’s house turned out to be a close associate of Chief Minister Revanth Reddy and a member of the Kodangal Youth Congress.”
“This makes it clear that the Congress party is suffering from vendetta politics. They are also maybe going to the Supreme Court to get (Allu Arjun’s) interim bail cancelled. They are taking revenge on Allu Arjun for not campaigning for Congress,” he added.
Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLA Harish Rao also said, ” Today there are many issues including those of farmers, and minorities in Telangana but Chief Minister Revanth doesn’t find time for them. Instead, he is personally targeting Allu Arjun. If elections are held today, Congres candidates will lose their poll deposits also. Congress has not fulfilled any promises made during the campaigning.”
A separate complaint was registered against Allu Arjun and the producers and director Sukumar of ‘Pushpa 2: The Rule’ on Sunday in connection with a scene in the film. The complaint was filed by Congress leader and Telangana MLC Theenmar Mallanna demanding strict action against the film director, actor Allu Arjun, and the production team.
Reacting to the developments, Mallanna, while speaking exclusively to CNN-News18, said, “These kinds of scenes will create panic in the mind of viewers or the public. I would urge the creator to control such types of scenes.”
“The swimming pool scene is deliberately insulting the police officials. I have filed a complaint against the whole team about the issue, and have requested the police to take action against him. I also requested him to remove the scene from the movie,” he said.Russian cargo ship sank in Mediterranean Sea with two crew missing, foreign ministry says
