Man dies in custody due to 'bee sting', mob sets police station on fire

After a man died in police custody allegedly due to a bee sting, an irate mob set Balther police station on fire in Bettiah of West Champaran district of Bihar on Saturday. One police personnel also lost his life in the incident.

"Three police vehicles were torched by a mob; one police personnel lost his life in the incident. The incident took place after a man who was taken into police custody died due to a bee sting at the police station," Superintendent of Police, Bettiah, Upendra Nath Verma told media persons on Saturday.

He said that cops brought him to the police station for playing loud music on Holi.


Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Tejashwi Yadav termed it as 'administrative anarchy in Bihar' and urged the state government to look into the matter.

Speaking to ANI on the incident, Yadav said: "Custodial death in Bettiah is unfortunate. In earlier incidents too, the police have killed people in custody. There's administrative anarchy in Bihar."

He said: "Assembly speaker has himself claimed that police doesn't listen to him. Chief minister Nitish Kumar can't handle the state."

This statement by Yadav comes as the Bihar government on Friday shifted a deputy SP-rank police officer who was at the centre of the controversy that culminated in the unseemly showdown between chief minister Nitish Kumar and Speaker Vijay Kumar Sinha earlier this week. Reportedly, the Speaker was miffed over non-cooperation from police officers, including the deputy SP.