A preferred Indian actor has been arrested after a girl died in a crush on the premiere of his newest film.

Allu Arjun, a prime star within the Telugu movie business, also referred to as “Tollywood”, was making an look on the occasion in Hyderabad on 4 December when the incident occurred.

As followers clamoured to satisfy the actor, a 39-year-old girl died and her nine-year-old son was critically injured.

Police earlier this week arrested the proprietor of the cinema the place the incident passed off.

On Friday, they arrested Arjun, 41, at his house.

He was granted bail by an area court docket a couple of hours after his arrest and he was anticipated to be launched from jail shortly, his legal professionals mentioned.

Arjun was named within the preliminary police criticism, which alleged that his safety had tried to clear the gang close to him, inflicting the dying of the lady who had develop into breathless, in keeping with a duplicate of the doc seen by the information company Reuters.

Arjun’s authorized staff has denied any wrongdoing.

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Writing on the X social media platform, the actor mentioned he was “deeply heartbroken” by the incident.

“My heartfelt condolences exit to the grieving household throughout this unimaginably tough time,” he wrote.

“Whereas respecting their want for area to grieve, I stand dedicated to increase each doable help to assist them navigate via this difficult journey.”

Arjun is a outstanding determine within the Telugu movie business, which is predicated within the southern states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.

A star of the hit motion collection Pushpa, Arjun is certainly one of its greatest stars.

He has a number of main awards to his title, a following of 28 million on Instagram, and is reportedly one of many highest-paid actors in India.