Unnao, June 15 -- A Muslim man, carrying the reward of Rs 1 lakh, was killed in a police encounter on Monday, June 15, in Unnao district of Uttar Pradesh. He was booked for fatally stabbing a Hindu priest on June 9.

A resident of Purvi Tola village, Israyil, alias Ijrail, was charged under Sections 103(1) (murder) and 3(5) (intentionally cooperating in committing an offense) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and Section 7 of the Criminal Law (Amendment) Act for the murder of Milan Das.

Das was a priest overseeing the construction of a Shiva temple in the village. He was allegedly taken to a local ahaata (welting sitting area) on June 9, when an argument broke out between him and Israyil, police said.

According to a police statement, the B...