Allu Arjun was arrested on Friday. (File photograph)
Telugu actor Allu Arjun walked out of jail on Saturday morning, a day after he was arrested in reference to the stampede outdoors a Hyderabad theatre screening ‘Pushpa 2’ earlier this month wherein one girl died. The actor left the jail premises from the again gate together with his father Allu Aravind and father-in-law Kancharla Chandrasekhar Reddy – who had come to obtain him, officers mentioned.
Upon his launch, Allu Arjun’s lawyer Ashok Reddy mentioned that the actor’s arrest was an “unlawful detention” because the jail authorities didn’t launch him regardless of receiving an order copy from the Telangana High Court yesterday.
“They acquired an order copy from the High Court however regardless of that, they did not launch him…They must reply. This is an unlawful detention. We will take authorized motion…As of now, he has been launched,” he mentioned.
Allu Arjun was arrested from his home in Jubilee Hills in Hyderabad on Friday, hours after he returned from Delhi after attending the success meet of ‘Pushpa 2’. A decrease courtroom had remanded him to 14-day judicial custody. However, shortly after, the Telangana High Court granted interim bail for 4 weeks.
For common bail, the actor was instructed to method the Nampally courtroom.
‘Pushpa 2’ Stampede Case
On December 4, a stampede broke out at a theatre in Hyderabad screening Allu Arjun-starrer ‘Pushpa 2’ when the actor made what the police referred to as an “unscheduled” go to to the auditorium. During the incident, one girl was killed and her son was injured.
The Hyderabad police had registered a case towards Allu Arjun, his safety workforce, and the administration of the theatre, primarily based on a grievance filed by the sufferer’s husband. According to police, there was no intimation from theatre administration or the actor’s workforce that they’d be visiting the theatre. The theatre administration additionally didn’t make any extra provisions concerning safety to handle the group, officers mentioned.
The theatre proprietor, common supervisor, and safety supervisor had been arrested on December 8.
However, hours after Allu Arjun was arrested within the case yesterday, the sufferer’s husband defended the actor and mentioned that he was able to withdraw the case.
“I’m able to withdraw the case. I used to be not conscious of the arrest. Allu Arjun has nothing to do with the stampede wherein my spouse handed away,” he mentioned.
Reactions pour in on Allu Arjun’s arrest
Several politicians and folks from the movie trade got here in help of Allu Arjun and slammed his arrest.
BRS chief KT Rama Rao hit out on the Congress authorities in Telangana, calling the motion towards the actor a “pinnacle of insecurity of rulers”.
“I completely sympathise with the victims of the stampede however who failed actually? Treating Allu Arjun as a standard felony is uncalled for particularly for one thing he is not instantly accountable. There is at all times area for respect and dignified conduct. I strongly condemn high-handed behaviour of the federal government,” he mentioned.
Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw referred to as the stampede incident a “poor association by the state and native administration”. According to him, Congress has “no respect” for the inventive trade.
“…The arrest of Allu Arjun proves it but once more. The mishap at Sandhya Theatre was a transparent case of poor preparations by the state and native administration. Now, to deflect that blame, they’re indulging in such publicity stunts. The Telangana Government ought to help these affected and punish these making the preparations that day as a substitute of repeatedly attacking movie personalities,” he wrote on X.