Bhubaneswar, Nov. 28 -- A kidnapping bid of a retired teacher was foiled by irate locals in Deogarh on Sunday after the car used for abducting the teacher caused a series of accidents after enduring a tyre puncture.

The locals nabbed two miscreants with deadly weapons and thrashed them black and blue. Later, they handed over the kidnappers to the police.

As per reports, Rabindra Sahu, a retired teacher hailing from Kamlanga village of Keonjhar district, was returning from Jharsuguda to his home in a four-wheeler today. He stepped down from the vehicle near a toll gate in Kalla village of Deogarh district to attend nature's call.

Three armed miscreants abducted him at gunpoint and forced him to sit in the back seat of his car. While one...