Accused Kishan Rawat, arrested after a police encounter in Lucknow, is linked to the March 9 double murder of a woman and her partially blind son in Sisendi village.

LUCKNOW: The accused in the sensational double murder case in Sisendi village of Mohanalalganj on March 9 was arrested after an encounter late Wednesday night.A policeman was also injured in the exchange of fire.The accused, Kishan Rawat (35) of Sisendi, had allegedly raped the woman and later killed her and her son, who was partially blind.According to DCP, south, Nipun Agarwal, a team led by the station house officer of Mohanlalganj, along with surveillance and field units, intercepted him.As the police closed in, Rawat allegedly opened fire in a bid to escape. A police constable suffered injury in firing.“Police retaliated in self-defence during which the accused suffered a bullet injury on his leg and was overpowered. He was taken into custody and taken to a hospital for treatment,” he added.Senior officers, including additional DCP Rallapalli Vasanth Kumar, and ACP Vikas Pandey, reached the spot and supervised the operation.Police said preliminary investigation revealed that there was a financial dispute between the accused and the woman. Rawat had allegedly lent her some money and had been repeatedly asking her to return it.Police said that suspicion of rape came to light when the post-mortem report revealed injuries on the private parts of the woman. Later, CCTV footage confirmed that Rawat had visited the woman a few hours before the murder. During the attack, the woman’s visually impaired son tried to save her, but the accused allegedly strangled him to death.