India, April 8 -- A forest guard was allegedly killed after being run over by a tractor-trolley carrying illegally mined sand in the Ambah area of Madhya Pradesh's Morena district on Wednesday morning. The deceased has been identified as Harikesh Gurjar, a resident of Morena district.

Morena additional superintendent of police (ASP) Surendra Pal said that during an operation against illegal sand mining and transportation, a six-member Ambah range patrol team spotted a tractor-trolley loaded with sand being transported from Aisah Ghat on the Chambal River.

"When forest guard Gurjar tried to intercept the vehicle near Ranpur village on National Highway 552, the driver, identified as Vinod Kori, deliberately ran him over. After committing ...