Allu Arjun, Arrested After ‘Pushpa 2’ Screening Stampede, Released From Jail

Hours after his arrest, the Telangana High Court had granted interim bail to the actor for four weeks.

Telugu actor Allu Arjun walked out of jail on Saturday morning, a day after he was arrested in connection with the stampede outside a Hyderabad theatre screening ‘Pushpa 2’ earlier this month in which one woman died. The actor left the jail premises from the back gate with his father Allu Aravind and father-in-law Kancharla Chandrasekhar Reddy – who had come to receive him, officials said.The Telangana High Court granted interim bail to the actor hours after a lower court remanded him to 14-day judicial custody.Upon his release, Allu Arjun’s lawyer Ashok Reddy said that the actor’s arrest was an “illegal detention” as the jail authorities did not release him despite receiving an order copy from the Telangana High Court.

“They received an order copy from the High Court but despite that, they didn’t release him…They will have to answer. This is an illegal detention. We will take legal action…As of now, he has been released,” he said.One woman had died in the stampede on December 4 – triggered by the actor turning up at the city’s Sandhya Theatre for a special screening of his film – and her nine-year-old son suffered serious injuries.