UP: Accused in minor boy's rape, murder killed in encounter; SOG official injured

HARDOI (UP): (May 6) A 32-year-old criminal wanted in connection with the rape and murder of a minor boy was killed in an encounter with the police in the Mallawan area here on Wednesday morning.

The encounter also left a Special Operations Group (SOG) official injured, a senior officer said.

The accused, identified as Mehnoor, was the prime accused in the brutal killing of a seven-year-old boy whose body was recovered from a maize field in Matiyamau village on Tuesday.