Hubballi, April 16 -- Police is out to trace details of Ritesh Kumar, the prime accused in a heinous case involving the rape and murder of a five-year-old girl, who was shot dead in an encounter after allegedly attempting to escape police custody, the city's Police Commissioner N Shashi Kumar confirmed on Tuesday.

Providing details of the encounter, Commissioner Kumar stated, "Day before yesterday, there was an incident here, where a 5-year-old girl was killed. After that, while the accused was taken to get further details, he tried to escape from the police custody. In the process, there was a struggle, following which our local officer fired in the air and then on the individual who tried to run away from the custody of the police. Whe...