SHEIKHUPURA – The man who raped and murdered a minor eight-year-old girl,was killed in an encounter with the police in Sheikhupura’s Farooqabad areaon Thursday.

As per details, on a tip off the presence of the accused, police carriedout a raid in Nokhar Qadeem village for his arrest. During the raid, anexchange of fire erupted which continued for an hour, resultantly Sherazkilled on the spot.

Earlier, a minor eight-year-old girl namely Maleeha, who was visiting hergrandmother’s house in Sheikhupura’s Farooqabad area, was kidnapped sixdays ago and rapped her for four days.

The accused namely Sheraz later strangled her to death and threw her bodystashed in gunny bag in a park.