A 34-year-old spectator was beaten to death with bats and stumps following an altercation between two groups during a cricket match in Bengabad area of Giridih, police said on Saturday.
Mohammad Riyaz Ansari of Mahtodih village was reportedly attacked by a group of boys on the cricket ground in Kurchuta after a dispute over the pitch.
The Bengabad police on Saturday arrested the prime accused here on Saturday on the basis of a First Information Report (FIR) lodged by family members of the deceased.
The in-Charge of Bengabad Police Station, Prashant Kumar, said Md Riyaz Ansari, a local villager, was watching the cricket match at Khurchuta cricket ground in Bengabad while two teams were playing on the ground on Friday evening.
A few locals arrived and asked the players to vacate the ground claiming their right over the pitch.