A regional leader of outlawed Purbo Banglar Communist Party (Janajuddho) was killed in an 'encounter' between members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) and his accomplices early yesterday at Bellabaria village under Baliakandi upazila of Rajbari district. The outlaw, Nilu Molla, 31, was arrested on Saturday at his village Barhovellabari under the same upazila with a shutter gun and 13 bullets. Two more shutter guns and five bullets were also seized after the encounter that continued for 15 minutes, a press release of Khulna Rab said, adding that Nilu Molla was wanted in several murder, abduction, rape, extortion and bomb attack cases filed with different police stations of Rajbari district.