India, May 4 -- LUCKNOW A 19-year-old neighbour, the prime suspect in the brutal killing of a woman and her four children, was shot dead in a police encounter near the Neveria Bypass in Ambedkar Nagar early Monday. Two police personnel were also injured in the ensuing firefight. The accused, Aamir, was the central figure in a harrowing case that has shocked the district since the victims' bodies were first discovered on May 2.

A combination of obsessive affection and greed for property is suspected to have triggered the killings, officials said.

The quintuple murder took place in the Miranpur locality under Akbarpur Kotwali area. The victims were identified as Ghaziya Khatun, 34, and her children - Shafeeq, 14, Saud, 12,, Umar, 10m and ...