Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): A tribal family allegedly bludgeoned a youth to death in Mauganj on Saturday. When a police team reached the spot to save the victim, they too were attacked by the accused family members.

ASI Ramcharan Gautam was killed, while others sustained injuries in the attack.

Following the incident, the collector has imposed section 163 in the village. Sources said that the incident occurred in Gadra village of Shahpur police station in Mauganj. The entire incident is a fall out of an old rivalry.

Two months ago, Ashok Kumar Adivasi was killed in a road acci-dent. However, his family alleged that Sunny Dwivedi was behind the incident.

The family members of Ashok caught Sunny and locked him inside a house and thrashed him, who later died. On getting the information, a police team rushed to spot to save the victim but they too were attacked. It was learnt that women police officials were kept as hostage by the accused during the attack.