Bhagalpur, April 29 -- The main accused in the murder of a municipal executive officer in Bihar's Bhagalpur district, Ramdhani Yadav, was killed in a police encounter on Wednesday, while a Deputy Superintendent of Police and two other personnel sustained injuries.

Senior Superintendent of Police Pramod Kumar Yadav said a special police team had detained Ramdhani Yadav and Sultanpur Nagar Parishad deputy chairperson Neelam Devi along with her husband in connection with the murder of the executive officer at the Sultanapur Nagar Parishad office, in which Nagar Chairperson Rajkumar Guddu was also injured.

He said the police team was taking Ramdhani Yadav early in the morning to recover weapons used in the crime when, near the bypass road, he...