India, March 15 -- An assistant sub-inspector (ASI) was allegedly killed by a mob on Friday while investigating a ruckus created by a group of drunk men in a village in Munger district, Bihar, where alcohol is prohibited, police said. This is the second such fatal attack on an ASI by a mob in Bihar within a span of three days.

The deceased, identified as ASI Santosh Kumar Singh, had gone to Nandalpur village under Mufassil police station limits along with two other cops and a driver from the Dial 112 team around 8.30 pm on Friday after receiving information about the ruckus, said police officials familiar with the matter.

However, they were unable to control the mob, which attacked the ASI. Though two more armed policemen reached the sp...