A woman belonging to Chandabali block in Bhadrak district fought and hacked a man to death when he allegedly attempted to rape her.
The incident which happened on Thursday night when the woman had gone to relieve herself outside, Gangadhar Dash, a local, followed her to the house and attacked her.
The woman was alone in her house as her husband had gone out to work, but she did not panic.
The gutsy woman hit his head with a stick, and when he fell down, she struck him with a chopper, instantly killing him.
A case was registered by Dash’s son at the local police station. Police arrested the woman and sent Gangadhar’s body for postmortem.