India, March 16 -- At least five policemen, including an assistant sub-inspector (ASI), were injured on Saturday after an angry mob attacked a police team that was trying to settle a brawl during Holi celebrations in Bihar's Bhagalpur area.

A day earlier, an ASI was allegedly killed by a mob while investigating a disturbance caused by a group of drunk men in a village in Munger district, where alcohol is prohibited.

On Saturday evening, the police team, led by ASI Dharnath Roy, had intervened in a brawl between two groups in Kasrhi village, under the jurisdiction of the Antichak police station, when a mob of men, women, and children started pelting stones at the cops and police vehicles, sub divisional police officer (SDPO) Kalyan Anand...