India, May 16 -- The mining mafia in Rajasthan attacked the police and set the vehicle of a circle officer on fire in Sawai Madhopur on Thursday, with a tractor trolley driver losing his life in the incident, superintendent of police Mamta Gupta said on Friday.

The incident occurred in Chauth Ka Barwara late on Thursday when a police team reached the Banas river after being informed about illegal sand mining.

When the police tried to stop the mafia from transporting sand from the riverbed by tractor trolleys, the miscreants allegedly started pelting stones.

The driver was mowed down by a tractor trolley, as the mafia set the private vehicle of deputy SP Labhu Ram Bishnoi on fire.

Locals immediately gathered and started attacking the p...