Mysuru: Enraged over the death of a civil engineer, a mob went on a rampage here on Monday, damaging a police van and attacking the traffic policemen.
The 47-year-old civil engineer Devaraju from M D Kote was speeding on his bike when the policemen checking vehicles tried to stop him. But, he went to the extreme left at a great speed, the police allegedly hurled lathi at biker as a result the two- wheeler skidded, and he fell. He died on the spot after run over by truck, also the pillion received serious injury, the police said.
This angered the mob which damaged the police vehicle and beat up the traffic policemen.