Lucknow, March 22 -- An auto-rickshaw driver accused of kidnapping, trying to rape and killing a woman in Uttar Pradesh's Malihabad was killed in an encounter with police and his brother was arrested on Friday, officials said.
Commissioner of police Amrendra K Sengar said, "Dinesh Kumar (35) was arrested earlier in the day, while his younger brother and the prime accused, Ajay Kumar (26), who was absconding and carrying a bounty of Rs.1 lakh, was killed in a gunfight with police late in the evening."
He added: "Ajay, who was injured during the police retaliatory firing, was taken to the hospital where doctors declared him dead."
According to police, the accused on Wednesday allegedly took the victim to a secluded place in Malihabad, loot...