An eight-year-old boy named Sri Teja, who was injured in the stampede at a theatre in Hyderabad during the premier show of Pushpa 2 is reportedly on the ventilator. The incident occurred at Sandhya Theatre at RTC X Roads when police resorted to a lathi charge to control the fans of actor Allu Arjun who had surged forward to see the actor, who had arrived there. Sri Teja’s mother Revati was killed in the stampede. 

Boy injured in Pushpa 2 stampede on ventilator

The Hindu quoted a statement by KIMS Hospital, which read, “The boy continues to be in the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) on ventilator support with minimal requirements. He is hemodynamically stable and tolerating tube feedings. However, he has intermittent fever, remains in an altered sensorium, and exhibits dystonic movements.”