India, March 16 -- A senior Special Armed Force (SAF) officer was killed, and 10 other police personnel sustained injuries on Saturday while attempting to rescue a 24-year-old man who was abducted by villagers in Gadra village, Mauganj district of Madhya Pradesh, over an alleged road accident, police said.

The abducted man, Sunny Dwivedi, was later found dead in Gadra village. Five people have been arrested till now, superintendent of police (Mauganj) Rasna Thakur said.

The family of 52-year-old Ashok Kol, who was killed in an accident two months ago, abducted Dwivedi and beat him up, accusing him of involvement in the accident.

"The Kol family used to cultivate land owned by the Dwivedi family on lease. Later, Ashok purchased land adj...