‘Pushpa 2’ screening death: Allu Arjun walks out of prison

PTI Hyderabad: Actor Allu Arjun was released on Saturday morning from the jail where he spent the night after being arrested in connection with the death of a woman in a stampede here during the premiere of his latest film. Arjun had to spend Friday night in prison despite the Telangana High Court granting him bail, as the authorities had not received a copy of the bail order until late last night. “He has been released,” Ashok Reddy, his counsel, told reporters at the Chanchalguda prison.

After reaching home, Arjun thanked his followers and others across the country for their love and support and said he is a law-abiding citizen and respects the law. “I’ll cooperate with them and I’ll do the needful. And very importantly, I would like to give my condolences once again to the family. It ( death of a woman) is very very unfortunate,” he told the media. On his ar rest, the 42-year-old actor said he believed in the law and respected it. “When the law is taking its course, I should not deal with the case, so I should not talk about it. From a legal standpoint, I would not like to talk about it,” he said.

Arjun said it was a challenging time for his family. A 35-year-old woman died and her eight-yearold son was hospitalised on December 4 during a stampede-like situation at the Sandhya Theatre in Hyderabad when thousands of fans jostled to have a glimpse of the actor at the premiere of the blockbuster ‘Pushpa 2: The Rule,’. 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.

Reiterating that he would support the family of the deceased, the actor said he has been going to theatres to watch films for the past 20 years. From the prison, the star directly drove to his family production house, Geetha Arts and spent some time here.