Kendrapara: A man was killed during an attempt to save his niece from the clutches of some abductors at Chandrasekhar village under Rajnagar block of Kendrapara district on Monday night.
Reportedly, some miscreants had arrived on four bikes at around 9.30 PM yesterday and kidnapped the niece of the deceased identified as Bichitrananda Biswal.
As Bichitrananda chased them, he was attacked with an iron rod on his head. While the abductors were later nabbed by other family members and locals, Bichitrananda had sustained severe head injuries.
He was immediately rushed to Rajnagar Community Health Centre (CHC) where the doctor declared him received dead. He had suffered hemorrhage due to excessive bleeding.
