A police inspector and a youth were killed on Monday as a mob protesting over illegal cow slaughter went on a rampage torching a police post and clashed with the cops, which opened fire, officers said.

Additional Director General (Meerut zone), Prashant Kumar said the protesters from Mahaw village and nearby areas pelted stones at the police and indulged in arson, setting ablaze several vehicles and the Chingarwathi police chowki. Inspector Subodh Kumar, who was posted at the Siana police station, died in the violence, he said.