Nearly five months after eight-year-old Sri Teja was injured in the Pushpa 2 stampede at Hyderabad’s Sandhya Theatre, he has been taken off oral feeds and no longer requires oxygen or respiratory support. A health update from the Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS) on Monday, April 28, stated that Sri Teja has been discharged to the Neurorehabilitation Center for continued neurorehab services.
Sri Teja was injured in the stampede at Sandhya Theatre on December 4 last year, when he and his family went to watch the premiere of Allu Arjun’s Pushpa 2: The Rule. The stampede was triggered by Allu Arjun’s sudden visit to the theatre, which caused a commotion. Sri Teja’s 35-year-old mother, Revathi, was also injured and later passed away.
Following Revathi’s death, her husband Bhaskar filed a complaint at the Chikkadpally police station, after which an FIR was registered.
Actor Allu Arjun was arrested by the police on December 13 in connection with the incident and was produced before a city court. Police registered a case under Sections 105 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder) and 118(1) (voluntarily causing hurt) read with 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) against Arjun, his security team, and the theatre management.
