A man who brutally killed his niece in the Sakrand tehsil of Nawabshah was himself shot dead in a police encounter, reported 24NewsHD TV channel on Thursday.
According to police, the body of a 7-year-old girl who went missing from her maternal grandfather's house four days ago was found with her ear and hand cut off.
According to the police, the accused reached the crime scene to erase evidence, but opened fire on seeing the police and was shot dead in the return fire.
The SHO of the area said that niece's gold earrings were recovered from the killer uncle.
Reporter: Haider Khanzada