Superstar Allu Arjun has told the court that the cops entered his bedroom around noon to arrest him in the stampede case that saw the death of a woman last week. Mr Arjun’s remark came in his petition to the court seeking to postpone his arrest till Monday. He has been taken for a medical checkup, as per the procedure.
A police case was filed against the actor a day after the incident. He has been charged with culpable homicide not amounting to murder and voluntarily causing hurt.
The cops reached his Jubilee Hills home in Hyderabad around noon and picked him up. Videos showed the cops escorting him to a police vehicle and leaving for the Chikkadpally Police Station.
A bitter political storm soon followed with the BJP and the Bharatiya Rashtra Samithi attacking the Congress.
Calling it the “pinnacle of insecurity of the rulers”, BRS leader KT Rama Rao said treating the actor as a “common criminal is uncalled for especially for something he isn’t directly responsible.”
BJP leader T Raja Singh said Allu Arjun deserves respect for his contributions, not treatment befitting a criminal.
