Jaipur: The police have registered a case of murder against two MLAs and several others after a driver of an earth-moving machine was killed last week during an anti-encroachment drive in Rajasthan's Nagaur district, officials said on Tuesday.
The investigation of the case has been handed over to CID-Crime Branch, they said.
During the anti-encroachment drive in Tausar village last Sunday, the driver Farooq (40), had died after a mob pelted stones and attacked him.
Nagaur District Collector Dinesh Yadav said a compensation of Rs 20 lakh, pooled from various sources including the Chief Minister's Relief Fund, has been handed over to Farooq's family members.