Bettiah17 minutes ago
After the death of a person in police custody in Bettiah, Bihar, there is a fierce riot. After setting fire to the police station and police vehicles, now a face-to-face confrontation is going on with the police. The mob is pelting stones at the police. The police are lathi-charging and firing in the air. A constable died in this.
On Saturday evening, the first mob torched the police station. Police vehicles were set on fire and the police personnel ran and beat them. The police personnel left the police station and ran in the fields to save their lives. Four hours later, the police officers who reached the spot along with the police force tried to disperse the crowd. The mob pelted stones again.
In fact, on Saturday afternoon, the police had brought a person to the police station for playing DJ during patrol. The young man died in police custody. The family alleges that the police beat the young man with a butt, due to which he died. After this, thousands of villagers surrounded Balthar police station along with family members.
People pelting stones after arson in the police station.
After vandalizing the police station, petrol was poured and set on fire. Villagers set 3 vehicles of the police station on fire. Started beating the police personnel present in the police station. The policemen saved their lives and ran in the fields. The furious mob kept on throwing stones from behind. At the same time, a police jeep was also vandalized at Balthar Chowk.
The flames rising after the fire broke out in the police station.
DJ was playing on Holi
The relatives told that Balthar police had come on patrol on Saturday. Here Anuruddha Yadav was playing DJ in Balthar village. Police seized the DJ and arrested Anurudh and brought him to the police station and beat him up in the police station. The police beat him with the butt. Anuruddha died after the beating.
The mob also torched police vehicles.
Still crowd gathered around the police station
Angry people vandalized the entire police station by setting it on fire. At the same time, he ran and beat the police. There is not a single policeman in the station. After 4 hours of the incident, police of many police stations including Bettiah SP reached the spot. Trying to make people understand. At the same time, the crowd is continuously pelting stones at the police. The police are resorting to lathi charge and aerial firing to disperse the crowd.