Kolkata, July 9 -- An accused in the rape and murder of a 11-year-old girl in West Bengal's Baruipur area was shot dead by the police in an alleged encounter when the police had taken him to the crime scene on early Wednesday morning. Police claimed that he snatched a firearm from the police and fired at the cops while trying to escape. "One of the accused Prabhas Mondal was taken to Suryapur early this morning for the reconstruction of the crime. He snatched a gun, fired one round at the police and tried to flee. The police fired in retaliation. Mondal was injured and rushed to the Baruipur hospital where he was declared dead by doctors," said a senior police officer of Baruipur. The alleged encounter comes less than 24 hours after West Be...