Chhattisgarh Police on Tuesday arrested a 50-year-old man for killing a policeman in Sarangagarh-Bilaigarh district.
Sarangagarh-Bilaigarh district Additional Superintendent of Police Maheshwar Nag told The Pioneer that Shyam Sidar of Sariya town has been taken into custody.
He killed D.N. Sahu, an Assistant Sub-Inspector in Sariya police station in the district.
The incident took place on Tuesday when the policeman was buying vegetables.
Sidar, in an inebriated condition, suddenly attacked Sahu with a thick wooden stick. The policeman was declared dead at a medical centre.