An accused in a minor girl's rape and murder case was shot dead in a Raiganj police encounter, taking West Bengal's reported encounters to four. On July 8, Prabhas Mondol, the accused in the rape and murder of a 13-year-old girl in Baruipur, South 24 Parganas, was shot dead in an encounter. Second such encounter in West Bengal: 23-year-old rape-and-murder prime accused shot dead in Bongaon after police confrontation.