Woman dies, son critical in stampede at Pushpa 2 theatre screening
Hindustan TimesA 35-year-old woman died, and her nine-year-old son was critically injured in a stampede at a theatre which was screening Allu Arjun-starrer “Pushpa-2: The Rule” in Hyderabad late on Wednesday night, police said on Thursday. “She, along with her husband Bhaskar, son and daughter from Dilsukhnagar area, came to the theatre at around 9:30pm for the premier show of Pushpa-2: The Rule, for which they had booked the ticket in advance,” a police official of the Chikkadpally police station said. While Bhaskar and his daughter managed to escape with mild injuries, Revanthi and the minor son were trampled by the crowds,” the police official added. However, she was declared dead on arrival at the hospital, while the son’s condition was critical and he was immediately shifted to a corporate hospital in Banjara Hills,” the police said.