khargone three policemen were injured when a mob of around 150 tribals attacked a police station in khargone district on tuesday following the death of a bhil in custodythe attackers hurled barrage after barrage of stones with traditional slings forcing the cops to lock themselves up within the building they overturned police vehicles and were about to set fire to bistan police station when reinforcements arrived pitched battles swung to and fro and police had to fire in the air and use tear gas to disperse the attackers0153mob turns violent in madhya pradesh 3 cops injuredthe dead tribal 35yearold bisan of khairkundi village was arrested with11 others for allegedly robbing people on the highway on august 24 police say they recovered cash and valuables from them he was in police remand till september 6 after which he was remanded in jailkhargone sp shailendra singh told toi that bisan complained of uneasiness and died during treatment at the district hospital bisans relatives were informed about the death and asked to reach the hospital some notorious individuals incited the people and more than150 armed men attacked bistan police station which is about 2km from khairkundi village additional sp jitendra singh pawar saidcops fire in air to force attackers to retreatthe dozenodd cops at the police station were taken by surprise as stones smashed against the walls and windows the policemen locked themselves in outside the mob went on the rampage daring the cops to come out and face thempolice had to fire in the air forcing some of the attackers to retreat and allow time for reinforcements to reach had the force not arrived in time the attackers would have set the police station on fire sdm khargone satyendra singh told toithe reinforcements covered the 17km from khargone to bistan in 15 minutes and charged the mob an intense fight broke out three policemen were injured in the attack said the sdma judicial probe has begun into bisans death his autopsy was performed in the presence of a magistrate and recorded on video sdm singh saiddig khargone tilak singh said bisan did not report any difficulty when he was produced in court and sent to jail after a medical checkup the postmortem report will reveal the exact cause of death he said adding that the sp has suspended four policemen including a subinspector after custodial death allegations came upthe area is still tense ramtu bai bisans wife alleged that police beat him to death how will i raise my four children now she demanded in the evening the government announced an assistance of rs 2 lakh to the bereaved family under sambal yojanabisans kin were given rs5000 for the funeral and rs 25000 by the red cross on tuesday bhagwanpuras independent legislator kedar dawar has also released rs 10000 to the family from the mla fundthe incident triggered a political controversy with congress accusing the ruling bjp of atrocities against tribals pcc president kamal nath questioned the state government on law and