Bihar cop killed, PS set afire as ‘bee’ kills man in custody

BALTHAR: A police head constable was killed when a rampaging crowd torched a police station, 30km north of Bettiah in West Champaran district of Bihar, after a youth allegedly died in

custody

following “brutal police assault” on Saturday.

Sikta BDO Meera Sharma spotted a pick-up van being mounted with DJ sound boxes by villagers of

Arya Nagar

, 2km from Balthar PS. Van driver Anirudh Yadav (35) was taken to police station on Saturday.

Yadav was rushed from the PS to a PHC for treatment of alleged wasp bites. “He had some bee-stings on his neck, face and legs. The patient was alright...,” Dr Akhtar, who treated the victim, said.

Police claimed Yadav, after returning from the PHC, began to bleed from the ear. Eyewitnesses said he was rushed to a clinic next door, but was declared dead by the quack.

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