Allu Arjun’s children moved to safety after home vandalised; Congress denies involvement in incident

Hours after a group of people barged into the premises of Telugu star Allu Arjun’s residence in Hyderabad, Telangana, and vandalised parts of the property, his children were reportedly moved to a secure location to avoid any untoward incidents. The Allu family took this precautionary measure after a group, who claimed to be members of the Osmania University Joint Action Committee (OU JAC), forcefully entered the compound and protested.

In a video circulating online, a group of people can seen scaling the walls of the house, entering the premises and pelting things at the residence, in addition to vandalising flower pots, demanding justice for the woman who died in the Pushpa 2 theatre stampede incident. The clip also shows a tense confrontation between the protesters and security personnel at Arjun’s residence. Now, other videos have emerged showing the actor’s children, Ayaan and Arha, being escorted away to safety.

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Meanwhile, since the time of the incident, allegations have been rife that the ruling Congress party might be involved in the incident, particularly given its timing which followed a war of words between Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy and Allu Arjun. However, the Congress party has dismissed these claims as baseless. “None of them belong to Congress. If they find any Congress link, those workers will stand disqualified,” Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee official spokesperson Sama Ram Mohan Reddy told NDTV.

Soon after the incident, CM Reddy also condemned it and instructed the Director General of Police (DGP) and the city police commissioner to enforce strict measures to maintain law and order. “No laxity will be tolerated in this regard. Senior officials should take precautions to prevent police personnel, who are not involved in the Sandhya Theater incident, from responding,” he noted on social media.

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In a statement issued to the media, Telangana police detailed that the incident at Arjun’s house on Sunday — when the actor was not present — began when one of the protesters climbed the compound wall and threw tomatoes. When security staff objected, the protesters reportedly manhandled them and flower pots were damaged. The group also raised slogans demanding Rs 1 crore in financial assistance for the deceased woman’s family. A placard left by the protesters read, “crores of rupees are made by making films, while those watching films are dying,” news agency PTI reported.

The Jubilee Hills police reached the scene and detained six persons, registering a case against them. However, those accused of vandalising Arjun’s residence were granted bail by a Hyderabad court on Monday, according to news agency ANI. “The students of Osmania Univesity were demonstrating peacefully. When the police force attacked them, they acted in their self-defence. Police filed a case against them. After their appearance before the judge today, six people have been given bail without any conditions and a fine,” advocate Ramdas, appearing for the accused, told ANI.

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The tragic incident that sparked the protests took place on December 4 at Sandhya Theatre in Hyderabad, where a 35-year-old woman was killed and her eight-year-old son injured during a stampede-like situation. Thousands of fans had gathered to see Allu Arjun at the premiere of Pushpa 2: The Rule in the theatre, leading to overcrowding and chaos that resulted in the fatal bottleneck.

Following the tragedy, Hyderabad police registered a case against Allu Arjun, his security team and the theatre management based on a complaint from the deceased woman’s family. The actor was arrested on December 13 but was granted four weeks of interim bail by the Telangana High Court on the same day, leading to his release on December 14.

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