Kolkata, Nov. 9 -- A man suspected of raping and murdering a minor girl in West Bengal's North Dinajpur district last week was killed in a police encounter on Monday morning after he allegedly opened fire while on the run, officers said.

"The deceased has been identified as Dilip Roy. He was a suspect in the gangrape and murder of a teenager whose body was found inside the Kulik forest on November 5. The girl left home on November 3 with her bicycle and went to a tutorial class but went missing thereafter," an officer from North Dinajpur said, requesting anonymity.

The post-mortem examination of the victim's body indicated that she had been gangraped. Police were pursuing the suspect in a case registered under the Protection of Children...