Allu Arjun's film crew attacked by T-activists

After Mohanbabu's children, it was the turn of Allu Arjun, the nephew of Chiranjeevi to come under the attack of Telangana activists. About 30 ABVP activists on Tuesday attacked the crew of 'Varudu' at Hayatnagar near Ramoji Film City in which Allu Arjun is playing the lead role protesting Chiranjeevi's united Andhra Pradesh stand. ABVP activists who reached the shooting spot at Anajipur village near Indrasagar tank of Hayatnagar raised 'Jai Telangana' slogans and damaged the film shooting equipment. However, Allu Arjun and the heroine were not present on the shooting spot during the attack. The movie is being directed by Gunasekhar.

Activists broke the TV monitors that were present at the shooting spot. Sources said that as the shooting was almost complete and the director packed off for the day, the damage was limited.

"The actors were sent away to Sitara hotel in Ramoji Film city and shooting was called off just a few minutes before the activists reached the shooting spot. They asked us to sto p shooting immediately and damaged a few equipment. Fortunately no one was injured in this incident." said the film manager.Cops claimed that they have received a formal complaint from the shooting supervisor and are investigating the case. Inspector of Hayatnagar Police station said that since the cops knew of the attack just a few minutes before, they informed the crew and asked them to pack off which saved the actors.

"We called and told the crew about the possible attack on them by ABVP activists. We also immediately sent two of our constables to the spot. Since the only way to reach the shooting spot is to walk for about half a kilometre, it was tough for the activists also to attack them. No one was injured in the incident and we are investigating the case based on the complaint given by the film shooting supervisor." said Narasimha Reddy, Inspector, Hayatnagar Police station.

Meanwhile, BJP MLA Kishan Reddy said that ABVP has got nothingto do with the attack on Allu Arjun's movie crew. Allu Arjun's father Allu Aravind and actor Mohanbabu condemned the attack on the crew and demanded the government to provide security to the film fraternity to shoot their movies in the city.