Mauganj, March 16 -- A police official was killed, and several other police personnel were injured in a mob attack in Madhya Pradesh's Mauganj district.

The incident occurred on Friday in the Gadra village of Ramnagari Panchayat of Mauganj district when a police team went to a village to intervene in a clash between two groups and rescue a man who had been held hostage and later killed.

The injured officials have been receiving treatment at Civil Hospital and Ashirwad Hospital, Mauganj.

According to the police, there was a dispute going on between two groups in the village, which the police had reached to calm down. But the villagers suddenly took an aggressive stance and attacked the police team. During this, the policemen were attack...