🫨AArrested and bailed out! | ♟️Gukesh—World's Youngest Chess Champion
A stampede in Sandhya Theatre during the premier of Pushpa 2 led to the death of a woman; Tears, disbelief, language wars & controversies around Gukesh's win
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🫨AArrested and bailed out! Where does accountability lie?
Allu Arjun was granted interim bail by the Telangana High Court, hours after arrest in connection with the death of a woman in a stampede during a premier event at Sandhya Theatre in Hyderabad.
He was remanded to 14-day judicial custody before being granted interim bail for four weeks by the High Court. Arjun is likely to walk out of jail tonight.
What happened? On 4th December, a 35-year-old woman died from asphyxiation when a stampede occurred to see Allu Arjun who made an appearance at Sandhya Theatre. Her 9-year-old son who was grievously injured continues to receive treatment at a hospital.
A case was registered at Chikkadpally police station under charges of culpable homicide. FIR filed under Sections 105 and 118(1) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, based on a complaint by the husband of the deceased.
Allu Arjun had announced Rs.25 lakh financial assistance to the deceased woman's family.
Today, Allu Arjun was arrested from his residence by the Hyderabad police. This follows the arrest of three other individuals in the case—the theatre owner, senior manager, and lower balcony in-charge.
What’s the police version? For days, police maintained that the theatre management did not inform the authorities about his visit.
In the High Court, Police claimed that the theatre was not permitted to host VIPs including Allu Arjun.
No action has been taken against police officials so far in the matter.
What’s the Defense saying? While filing a quash petition in the Telangana High Court, Allu Arjun claimed that the police department was informed about his visit well in advance and the theatre management requested police for crowd control. Today, the letter of request was released to the public.
The politics of it all: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader K T Ramarao were quick to condemn the arrest of actor Allu Arjun and hold the Congress government accountable for the death.
It must be noted that Allu Arjun’s father-in-law, Kancharla Chandrasekhar Reddy is a Congress leader himself who immediately reached the police station upon Arjun’s arrest.
Meanwhile, Congress leaders have their problems. Why was Allu Arjun arrested in a Congress-ruled state on a day that Priyanka Gandhi Vadra was making her debut speech in the parliament?
Hypocrisy much?
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♟️Gukesh—World's Youngest Chess Champion
Indian prodigy D Gukesh, 18, won the World Chess Championship 2024 in Singapore, defeating China's Ding Liren and becoming the youngest world champion in history.
After a challenging start with an opening-round defeat, Gukesh bounced back, clinched the lead in the 11th round, and ultimately triumphed after qualifying by winning the Candidates tournament earlier this year.
Allegations from Russia: The president of the Russian Chess Federation, Andrei Filatov, has accused Ding Liren of deliberately losing the World Championship match against D Gukesh.
Filatov claimed Ding's performance in the final game was suspicious and has called for a FIDE investigation.
Russian Grandmaster Vladimir Kramnik also made a similar comment ⬇️
The accusation stems from a critical blunder by Ding in Game 14, which led to Gukesh's victory. Ding lost due to a major error on move 55, when he mishandled a rook exchange, leaving himself in a losing position.
Filatov highlighted that Ding's actions in the decisive segment were bewildering to both professionals and fans.
However, Grandmaster Garry Kasparov whose 39-year-old streak Gukesh ended by becoming a world champion at the age of 18, was all praise.
Embarrassing: Mumbai-based newspaper Free Press Journal carried a stereotypical headline to celebrate Gukesh’s win, which was embarrassing to say the least.
Meanwhile, the Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister faced flak for calling Gukesh a ‘Telugu boy’ in his congratulatory post. Many questioned how the Andhra Pradesh government helped or supported Gukesh in his journey. Meanwhile, the Tamil Nadu government has announced a reward of Rs 5 crores for the win.
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