Varanasi: Police arrested a man accused of raping his 9-year-old niece following an encounter in Azamgarh district late on Sunday.Azamgarh ASP (rural) Chirag Jain on Monday said that when the minor girl was playing outside her residence in a village under Tahbarpur police limits, her uncle Nakhadu alias Sahab, took her to an isolated place and raped her. After the committing the crime, he fled the village while the girl, who suffered grave injuries, was rushed to district hospital. Based on a complaint lodged by her family, police lodged an FIR against Nakhadu and launched a manhunt to nab the accused.Late on Sunday, a team from Tahbarpur police station was checking vehicles near Tikapur crossing, when informers alerted them regarding movement of Nakhadu towards Manjhari Bazar. Acting on the tip-off, police encircled him near Kariyavar Chauhan Basti. On seeing him surrounded by cops, Nakhadu opened fire at the policemen and tried to escape. In retaliatory action by the police, he suffered bullet injury in leg and was caught by the cops. After recovering a country-made pistol, cartridges, a mobile phone and Rs 820 cash, police rushed him to hospital.
