LAKHIMPUR KHERI, May 6 -- Hours after a six-year-old girl was allegedly sexually assaulted in a village under Sadar Kotwali area on Tuesday evening, a joint team of Lakhimpur police and SWAT unit arrested the accused following a brief exchange of fire near Sharda canal on Ravhi-Saraicha road late on Tuesday night, officials said.

According to senior superintendent of police (SSP) Khyati Garg, the joint team of Sadar Kotwali police and the SWAT unit, led by deputy superintendent of police (DSP) Vivek Tiwari and comprising inspector Rajesh Kumar Singh, sub-inspector Sanchit Kumar and SWAT sub-inspector Jay Prakash Yadav, cornered the accused.

The accused opened fire on the police team in an attempt to evade arrest, following which he was ...