New Delhi, June 10 -- The person accused of sexually assaulting and murdering a nine-year-old girl in Delhi's Dayalpur area, was injured during an encounter with the police as he tried to flee custody, officials said on Tuesday. One official, identified as Constable Amit Mann has also sustained injuries after the accused tried to attack them with a blade.

The accused and the Constable have been taken to JPC hospital for treatment.

Dayalpur police station officials said that the accused, Naushad, 28, was being escorted in a police vehicle back to Delhi as he requested to relieve himself due to a natural call. As the accused was being escorted by an official while relieving himself, he took out a blade and attacked one of the escorting pa...