MP: Forest guard crushed to death by vehicle belonging to sand mafia

MORENA (MP): April 8 A 35-year-old forest guard was killed after a tractor-trolley allegedly run by illegal sand miners ran over him in Madhya Pradesh’s Morena district on Wednesday morning, police said.

The incident took place on National Highway-552 near Ranpur village, about 20 km from the district headquarters, when forest personnel tried to stop a sand-laden tractor-trolley, police said.

Additional Superintendent of Police Surendra Singh Dawar told reporters that forest guard Harkesh Gurjar, a part of the patrol team, attempted to stop the vehicle, but its driver ran him over, killing him on the spot.