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Theater: As crackers go off inside packed hall, Salman Khan asks fans not to risk lives | India News
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NASHIK: Pyrotechnics in a Salman Khan movie are a given, but what a packed theatre in Maharashtra’s Malegaon hadn’t bargained for in the middle of a Diwali night show of Tiger 3 was firecrackers going off inside, sparking a near-stampede as people jumped off their seats and made a dash for the exits.
As rockets launched from the 800-seat hall’s lower tier ricocheted off the ceiling in a hail of sparks around 10:15pm, the possibility of the riotous spectacle culminating in a blaze didn’t go away until the last of the crackers fell silent.Although nobody was injured and the screening resumed after the doors were opened to let out the smoke.
Theatre owner Rakesh Pandey lodged a police complaint against the unidentified offenders, based on which an FIR was registered under sections 285 (endangering lives with explosives) and 336 (the act of endangering life or personal safety of others) of the IPC. Without naming the Malegaon theatre, Salman wrote on X, “I’m hearing about fireworks inside theatres during Tiger 3. This is dangerous. Let’s enjoy the film without putting ourselves and others at risk. Stay safe.”
Raghunath Shegar, inspector of Chawani police station, said additional personnel were deployed at the hall for all shows since Monday morning. In October, another theatre under the jurisdiction in Malegaon reported disturbances caused by some people burning crackers during the screening of a Shah Rukh Khan movie.
As rockets launched from the 800-seat hall’s lower tier ricocheted off the ceiling in a hail of sparks around 10:15pm, the possibility of the riotous spectacle culminating in a blaze didn’t go away until the last of the crackers fell silent.Although nobody was injured and the screening resumed after the doors were opened to let out the smoke.
Theatre owner Rakesh Pandey lodged a police complaint against the unidentified offenders, based on which an FIR was registered under sections 285 (endangering lives with explosives) and 336 (the act of endangering life or personal safety of others) of the IPC. Without naming the Malegaon theatre, Salman wrote on X, “I’m hearing about fireworks inside theatres during Tiger 3. This is dangerous. Let’s enjoy the film without putting ourselves and others at risk. Stay safe.”
Raghunath Shegar, inspector of Chawani police station, said additional personnel were deployed at the hall for all shows since Monday morning. In October, another theatre under the jurisdiction in Malegaon reported disturbances caused by some people burning crackers during the screening of a Shah Rukh Khan movie.
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