Kota, Aug. 5 -- Two men died after allegedly jumping from a bridge over the Chambal River while attempting to evade a police chase in Rajasthan's Kota district, police said on Wednesday.

The incident occurred during a blockade set up under Operation Route Clearance by the Budhadit police station team near Mandawara on the Kota-Sawai Madhopur route.

According to Kota (Rural) superintendent of police Sujeet Shankar, police signalled an Uttar Pradesh-registered car to stop, but the driver accelerated, breached the barricade and fled.

Police chased the vehicle for nearly 15 kilometres before finding it abandoned on the Chambal bridge along the expressway. The driver and another occupant were missing from the car.

Police found the two men ...