Lakhimpur Kheri, Sept. 8 -- Singahi police re-arrested the 65-year-old rape accused Khalil Ahmad after a brief encounter late on Sunday night, Kheri police said. The accused, who had sexually assaulted a four-year-old girl in his neighbourhood on Sunday morning and had been arrested within next few hours, was reported to have escaped from police custody at Mote Baba temple on Singahi-Nighasan road while being taken for a medical exam on Sunday evening. DSP, Nighasan Shivam Kumar said, "When accused opened fire at police team, in retaliatory firing, he sustained a gunshot injury to his leg and was arrested." htc...