LUCKNOW, June 7 -- About 24 hours after the alleged abduction and rape of a two-and-a-half-year-old girl near the Alambagh Metro station in Lucknow early on Thursday, the accused was killed in an encounter with the Lucknow police early on Friday, police officials said.

The accused was identified as a 24-year-old man, Deepak Verma alias Nanhu, according to the police.

The encounter took place near Devi Kheda under the Alambagh police station limits in Lucknow between 3 and 3.30am.

He was identified through the number plate of a scooter after CCTV footage showed him arriving near the Metro station on the two-wheeler early Thursday morning, the police said.

The police had declared a reward of Rs.1 lakh on the accused on Thursday after th...