A Bihar police constable, Dinanath Tiwary, was on Friday arrested in Begusarai district for killing three persons.
The three were killed when Tiwari fired upon a group of villagers in a fit of drunken rage on Thursday night.
Though the cop was held, there was tension in the town as people started protesting against the killing.
They set fire to a police station and torched police vehicles.
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