Man killed for resisting daughter’s abduction

A man has been hacked to death when he tried to resist a gang of miscreants from kidnapping his 17-year-old daughter in the wee hours of Wednesday.

The incident took place at Raghunathpur area under Fatullah upazila in Narayanganj district.

The deceased is rickshaw puller Monindro Odhikari, 45, who also used to work as a night guard at his neighbourhood.

Officer-in-charge of Fatullah Police Station Abdul Malek said a gang of miscreants stormed the house of Manindra at Raghunathpur in Pagla at about 3am and attempted to kidnap his daughter Jharna.

At one stage, they stabbed Manindra indiscriminately when he tried to save his daughter, leaving him dead on the spot.

Police arrested seven people on suspicion of their involvement in the killing, the OC added.