Hyderabad police on Thursday booked actor Allu Arjun, his security team, and the management of Sandhya 70mm Theatre in connection with the death of a woman in a stampede during the premier show of 'Pushpa 2: The Rule' on Wednesday night.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (Central Zone), Akshansh Yadav said that based on a complaint by the woman's husband, police have lodged a case.
The theatre management, Allu Arjun and his security team have been booked for culpable homicide not amounting to murder.
The case has been registered at Chikkadpally Police Station under sections 105 (Culpable homicide not amounting to murder), 118(1) (Voluntarily causing hurt) r/w 3(5) BNS.
According to the DCP, there was no intimation from the theatre management or the actor's team that they would be visiting the theatre. There was also no additional provision regarding security by the theatre management to manage this crowd.
He said that the case was under investigation. "Stringent action as per law will be taken against all the persons responsible for the chaotic situation inside the theatre leading to the death of a person and injury to others," he said.
As such, giving a detailed account of the incident, DCP informed that the premier show of 'Pushpa 2' was scheduled at 9.40 p.m in Sandhya 70mm theatre at Chikkadpally RTC X road with such a huge crowd gathering over there to watch the movie apart from that gathering to watch movie's lead actors coming in theatre.
However, there was no intimation from the side of theatre management or the actor's team that they would be visiting the theatre.
The theatre management did not make any additional provisions regarding security to manage the crowd. Nor there was any separate entry or exit for the actors' team though the theatre management had information about their arrival," the police official said.
"Around 9:30 pm, actor Allu Arjun came to Sandhya theatre with his personal security and all the people gathered there tried to enter the theatre with him. His personal security team started pushing the public which further aggravated the situation as there was already a huge gathering at the theatre. Taking advantage of this situation along with the actor and his security team large number of people entered inside the lower balcony area."
According to police one Revathi (35) and her son Sri Tej (13) felt suffocated due to the large public influx and immediately the police personnel who were on duty pulled them out of the public from the lower balcony and performed CPR on her son and immediately shifted them to the nearby Durgabai Deshmukh Hospital.
The doctor of Durgabai Deshmukh Hospital told that she was dead and her son Sri Tej was advised to be shifted to another hospital for better treatment.
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