A 12-year-old boy showed his chivalry by saving his father from a crocodile at Hemantpatna village under the Fategarh police limits in Nayagarh district on Friday morning.
According to reports, Mayadhar Sahoo along with his son Purna Chandra had gone to river Mahanadi for taking bath at around 9 am. He saw a wooden box floating on the water. A crocodile attacked him when he rushed to catch the box.
The dauntless son without thinking of any consequence overpowered the crocodile and saved his father. He started shouting for help. A youth, Tukuna Behera, rushed to the river hearing voice of the boy. later, the villagers caught the crocodile and informed the Forest Department.
Forest officials reached the village and made arrangements to shift the crocodile from the locality.