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

West Champaran (Bihar): 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.

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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.

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

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