The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has requested an action taken report within four weeks from the Hyderabad Police chief regarding the death of a woman in a stampede at a theatre in Telangana’s capital in early December, where the film Pushpa 2 was being screened, news agency PTI reported.

NHRC has also called for a senior-ranking police officer to investigate the allegations in the Pushpa 2 stampede case and has sought "needful action" on the matter.