A police officer was burnt alive by a mob in Mantown, Sawai Madhopur district, on Thursday evening after a man jumped to death from an overhead water tank.

Local residents had gathered to protest against the alleged police inaction in the murder of an elderly woman on February 25. Two of the protesters climbed the water tank and at around 6 pm one of them, Rajesh Meena, jumped off the tank and died on the spot. The angry mob then pelted stones at the police who had arrived at the spot. The mob surrounded SHO Phool Mohammad who was sitting in his jeep and set the vehicle afire. "SHO Phool Mohammad was burnt alive by the agitated mob that torched his vehicle when he reached the spot after a man jumped from a tank in Mantown, 120 km from Jaipur," said ADG (Law and Order) Navdeep Singh. "The situation in the area is tense but under control. Extra forces have been deployed to maintain law and order," Singh added.

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