Rape-murder accused killed in police encounter in West Bengal

KOLKATA: The 23-year-old accused in the rape and murder of an adolescent girl in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district was killed in a police encounter on Monday night. Police claimed that the accused, Prahlad Das, fired at policemen first on Monday night, prompting the latter to launch a counterattack by shooting at him. Prahlad died at a nearby hospital. The encounter happened in Gaighata in…