India, May 26 -- Two men in their mid-thirties jumped into a river on Sunday to escape a police team that tried to arrest them for gambling in Rajasthan's Dholpur district and drowned, a senior district police officer said on Monday.

The deaths angered residents of Kulua Ka Pura village who staged a day-long protest against the police. The protest ended late on Sunday evening after the police promised a full-fledged inquiry and transferred two policemen to the district police lines.

A special team has been set up to investigate the incident, officials said.

The two dead men were identified by the police as Shatrudhan Gurjar,35, and Atar Singh Kushwaha, 36.

Dholpur superintendent of police (SP) Sumit Meherada said the three men had esc...