BHAWANIPATNA : A MAN succumbed to his injuries while trying to save his minor daughter from the clutches of kidnappers in Kalahandi district on Tuesday. The deceased is Dayanidhi Majhi (50) of San Chergaon village under Kegaon police limits.
His nephew Tekar Majhi had filed a police complaint on Sunday alleging that the girl was kidnapped by one Ashok Nial and his friends. Dayanidhi and Tekar had managed to trace the kidnappers and the girl on Sunday evening. When Dayanidhi tried to rescue the girl, the miscreants assaulted him brutally and fled from the spot with the girl. Dayanidhi was admitted to Bissamcuttack Mission Hospital where he succumbed.