Film star Allu Arjun, 42, was arrested on Friday a week and a half after his appearance at the screening in early December allegedly prompted a stampede by fans that crushed a woman to death.
Film star Allu Arjun , 42, was arrested on Friday after his appearance at a film screening on December 4 allegedly prompted a stampede by fans that crushed a woman to death.
An Indian film star has been arrested after his appearance at a movie screening allegedly prompted a stampede by fans that crushed a woman to death, according to police and local media.Huge crowds had gathered at a theatre in the southern city of Hyderabad earlier this month to catch a glimpse of hometown actor Allu Arjun as he arrived for the screening of his film Pushpa 2: The Rule.Bandreddi Sukumar's Pushpa 2: The Rule broke box office records around the world, including in Australia.
A woman in her 30s and her son were among several people pulled from the resulting crowd crush by police, who performed emergency first aid on the pair and took them to hospital.Their family later filed a complaint against Arjun, his security team and theatre management, according to English-language local media outlet India Today.
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