Ram Gopal Varma supports ‘Pushpa 2’ star Allu Arjun amid his stampede row, says ‘It is truly ridiculous to blame him for the unfortunate death of a woman’

Allu Arjun was recently charged with the death of a woman who died in a stampede at Pushpa 2’s Hyderabad premier. The actor issued an apology but filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma has stood by the superstar and written a long tweet.

The filmmaker wrote- “It is truly ridiculous to blame @alluarjun for the unfortunate death of a woman in a stampede outside a theatre playing #Pushpa2. Celebrities by their very appeal draw huge crowds whether they are Film Stars , Rock stars and even Gods for that matter.”

He added, “So whether a stampede is caused by accident or by negligence or by incompetence or even by intent , that can only be known from an investigation perspective on a case to case basis. And many times even when the deaths are in thousands , no body could place the blame on anybody because of the random causes.”

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RGV: If Pushpa 2 star publicized his visit…

Ram Gopal Varma continued and said, “On one hand if Allu Arjun or his team , if they themselves publicised his upcoming visit , then that information is public and isn’t it then the police’s responsibility to ask him not to come. If they did not do it, it means that they too dint anticipate which makes the incident an accident.”

He continued, “Also there were hundreds of BENEFIT SHOWS all over the state and #alluarjun just came to one theatre and so instead of putting restrictions on a star attending a theatre , to ban BENEFIT SHOWS is like BANNING TRAFFIC because of an ACCIDENT.”