Bengal: Suspected rape-murder accused killed in police encounter

Kolkata, Oct 27 (UNI) The prime accused in the alleged rape and murder of a 17-year-old Class XI student was killed in a police encounter in Gaighata, North 24 Parganas district, late on Monday night. Police sources claimed that the accused, Prahlad Das, opened fire at the police team after snatching a firearm from a cop, prompting the personnel to retaliate in self-defence. According to preliminary information, police had taken Das to the crime scene for a reconstruction of the incident shortly before midnight. The location is around four kilometres from the Bangladesh border. Sources said while the police team…