Hyderabad: Actor Allu Arjun has been granted regular bail by a Hyderabad Court in connection with the ongoing investigation into the death of a 35-year-old woman in a stampede during Pushpa 2 screening at a theatre.
The court has directed the actor to furnish two sureties of Rs 50,000 each as part of the bail conditions.
A 35-year-old woman was killed and her eight-year-old son is in the intensive care unit in a private hospital after the stampede during the benefit show of Allu Arjun starrer Pushpa 2 at Sandhya Theatre on December 4.
Three weeks after the incident, the accused, including the actor and theatre management, are being questioned while the child is still battling for life at the hospital.
Recently, Allu Arjun and the makers of Pushpa 2 announced a compensation of Rs 2 crore to the family of the child. While Rs 1 crore was given by Allu Arjun, Mythri Movies and director Sukumar gave Rs 50 lakh each. The compensation was handed over to the family by film producer and chairperson of the Telangana Film Development Corporation, Dil Raju.
