Accounting firm KPMG had asked employees to leave for home, an employee in the Bengaluru office told Reuters. Other tech firms said they were monitoring the situation in the city. India's biggest IT services firm, Tata Consultancy Services, sent its employees an advisory around 1500 local time, asking them to go home early, an employee at one of its Bengaluru offices told Reuters.
Several popular pubs across the city also closed down after news of Rajkumar's death came in. While malls were open, several cinema halls across Bangalore closed for the day and stopped screening movies in the city. The death of Rajkumar's father, Singanalluru Puttaswamaiah Muthuraj, in 2006 also led to outpourings of grief and shutdowns. Television channels showed crowds of fans swarming toward the hospital where he was being treated, and police were out in force trying to control them.įilm stars are revered in India, almost obsessively and even natural deaths of movie stars have led to violent turmoil in the past as distraught fans try to come to terms with the death of their idol. Puneeth Rajkumar, 46, a dashing lead in films and a member of an illustrious movie family, died of a heart attack on Friday afternoon, doctors treating him told reporters. BENGALURU, Oct 29 (Reuters) - Offices and shops in India's tech capital of Bengaluru shut down on Friday and police were brought in to control swarming crowds of fans in anticipation of violence after a popular actor died in the city.
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