Actor Allu Arjun, who is an accused in the stampede incident in Sandhya Theater, was surprisingly picked up by the police this morning. The actor filed an urgent petition in the High Court after being taken into custody by the Chikkadapalli police yesterday.
Allu Arjun’s lawyer, Niranjan Reddy, requested an urgent hearing of the petition. The court asked whether urgent petitions could only be addressed at 10:30 am to which Reddy clarified that the petition had been filed on Wednesday and that the police had been notified about it. In response, the court scheduled the hearing for Monday.
He told the court that owing to court staff being busy, the case number might not have been placed on it, and requested it be taken on as a lunch motion. The government lawyer opposed this, saying that it is improper to have it heard at 1:30 pm. Reddy then asked the court to direct the police not to take any step in the case until Monday. The government lawyer countered, however, that they could only update on it after consulting the police.
The case will be heard at 2:30 pm.
