PA Ranjith, 3 Others Booked For Culpable Homicide In Stuntman SM Raju's Death Case

A day after renowned stuntman SM Raju passed away after he was involved in a freak accident on the sets of filmmaker PA Ranjith's upcoming film, the director, along with three others have been booked for negligence and culpable homicide by the Keelaiyur police in Tamil Nadu.

SM Raju died on July 13 after he was performing a car stunt for PA Ranjith's upcoming film with actor Arya. In a video that went viral, his car can be seen failing to land correctly on a ramp due to which it went high up in the air, flipped multiple times mid-air, before eventually crashing on its front. Raju, who was inside the car, succumbed to his injuries.

#Vettuvam - stunt sequence that killed talented stunt driver Mohan raj .

Rest in peace brother !

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— Prashanth Rangaswamy (@itisprashanth) July 14, 2025

Stuntman SM Raju Dies As Car Stunt Goes Horribly Wrong On Sets Of PA Ranjith's Next Film, Shocking Video Surfaces

PA Ranjith, others booked

According to reports, a case was initially registered against Ranjith, stunt choreographer Rajkamal, Neelam Productions and Prabhakaran under Section 194 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) Act.

After Raju's body was sent for postmortem, the case was revised and the four accused have now been booked under Sections 289 (Negligent conduct), 125 (Abetment of an offence), and 106(1) (Culpable homicide not amounting to murder) of the BNS Act.

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PA Ranjith and the crew of the film are yet to issue an official statement on the ghastly incident.

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Celebs mourn SM Raju's death

Soon after news of Raju's death, a slew of celebs took to their social media to mourn the stuntman's demise. "Rest in peace Raju! So many moments of magic that would have been impossible to film without your skill and guts. You will be missed forever (sic)," Prithviraj Sukumaran wrote on Instagram.

So difficult to digest the fact that stunt artist Raju passed away while doin a car toppling sequence for jammy @arya_offl and @beemji Ranjith’s film this morning. Hav known Raju for so many years and he has performed so many risky stunts in my films time and time again as he is…

— Vishal (@VishalKOfficial) July 13, 2025

Actor Vishal wrote, "So difficult to digest the fact that stunt artist Raju passed away while doing a car toppling sequence for Jammy (@arya_offl) and @beemji Ranjith's film this morning. I have known Raju for so many years, and he has performed so many risky stunts in my films time and again. He was such a brave person (sic)."

He also promised to support Raju's bereaved family.