PRAYAGRAJ, April 25 -- A 50-year-old man accused of allegedly sexually assaulting a two-year-old girl, who had escaped from police custody earlier, was injured and held in a police encounter late Friday night in Kareti area of Pratapgarh after he allegedly opened fire at a team.

The accused, identified as Jamaluddin alias Dabbu, a resident of Nai Bazar under Kunda Kotwali, had earlier been arrested in connection with the case. The incident allegedly took place on April 19 when he visited a friend's house in a village under Manikpur. During a brief period when the friend stepped out, the accused allegedly committed the crime. The matter surfaced after the child's father learned about it, following which a case was registered and the accus...