In a bizarre incident, a man was beaten to death when he was trying to rescue his minor daughter from the clutches of kidnappers at Chandatera in Balangir district.
According to sources, Dayanidhi Majhi, a resident of Sanachera under the K Gaon police station, had lodged a police complaint alleging that one Ashok Nihal of Chandatera in Balangir district had kidnapped her daughter on May 22.
On Tuesday, Majhi came to know that Nihal had kept her daughter at his village and rushed to the spot to rescue her.
However, three youths present on the spot beat Majhi black and blue. He was injured critically and was admitted at the Bissamcuttack health centre. He succumbed to his injuries at the hospital.
Meanwhile, police launched a manhunt to trace the adductors and the girl’s whereabouts.