Bhawanipatna: A tribal man was beaten to death while trying to rescue his minor daughter from alleged abductors in the eastern Indian state of Odisha.
Dayanidhi Majhi from Sanacheragaon village in Kalahandi district was searching for his 14-year-old daughter, who had been missing since May 22. His nephew Tekar Majhi had also joined him in the search, indiatvnews.com reported.
They traced the girl on May 23 and the father confronted the kidnappers and tried to rescue his daughter. But the kidnappers alleged assaulted the 50-year-old man, police said.
The man was critically injured in the attack and was rushed to Bhawanipatna government hospital. Later he was shifted to another hospital at Bisam Cuttack in Rayagada district where he succumbed to injuries on May 25, they said.
Inspector in-Charge of Kegaon police station, Dilip Kumar Jena, said First Information Report had been lodged about alleged kidnapping of the minor girl and assault on her father whose death was reported in the hospital later.
Investigation was in progress and efforts were on to trace the accused and rescue the kidnapped girl, the police officer said.