Stampede case: Allu Arjun has been summoned by the police for questioning
New Delhi:
‘Pushpa 2’ actor Allu Arjun has been summoned by the Hyderabad Police for questioning tomorrow within the theatre stampede case. He’s out on bail, after he spent an evening in jail.
A girl was killed and her son was critically injured within the stampede that occurred in the course of the screening of ‘Pushpa 2’ in Hyderabad on December 4.
Allu Arjun must go to Chikkadpally police station at 11 am tomorrow, the police stated. The actor’s authorized staff got here to his home this night to debate the event.
After the stampede, the theatre administration, Allu Arjun and his staff had been charged for culpable murder not amounting to homicide.
He was arrested on December 13, and was despatched to 14-day custody by a metropolis court docket. The identical day, the Telangana Excessive Courtroom granted him interim bail for 4 weeks.
The contemporary discover to Allu Arjun got here amid studies that the police are planning to method the excessive court docket to cancel his interim bail.
Hyderabad Police Commissioner CV Anand on Sunday stated the police would take the subsequent step within the case after taking authorized opinion. The police chief additionally launched minute-to-minute CCTV footage of the incident at Sandhya Theatre to counter Allu Arjun’s claims.
The police compiled a 10-minute video to offer a transparent account of what occurred on December 4. Mr Anand stated the video was compiled after analysing 1,000 clips.
Chief Minister Revanth Reddy, talking within the meeting, had come down closely on Allu Arjun for visiting the theatre with out police permission and conducting a ‘roadshow’ even after the stampede.
The identical day, Allu Arjun had addressed a press convention, terming the allegations as false. He additionally stated he was damage over “character assassination”.
With inputs from IANS