Woman critical after jumping out of moving auto-rickshaw in Bhubaneswar

A disturbing incident unfolded on Wednesday evening when a young woman jumped from a moving auto-rickshaw to fend off an alleged kidnapping attempt in Jaydev Vihar locality of Bhubaneswar. The victim sustained deep injuries to her head, hands, and legs.

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According to sources, while coming home to Nayapalli from Acharya Vihar area in an auto-rickshaw, another woman who was already seated inside the vehicle tried to pull and push the young woman and forcibly took her mobile phone.

When the young woman’s face was being covered with a cloth by force, trying to make her unconscious, she resisted, and in the struggle, she perhaps fell off the moving vehicle, informed sources.

After the family of the young woman filed a complaint at Nayapalli Police Station, the police are conducting a detailed probe.

Nayapalli Police acted swiftly and rushed the injured woman to Capital Hospital in Unit 6 for urgent medical treatment. Authorities are investigating the circumstances surrounding the attempted abduction and have launched a manhunt for the suspects involved.

No comments were received from the victim or local police in this regard.

Police are probing to ascertain whether a hired or a shared auto-rickshaw was used for the alleged crime, and how the ‘abduction’ could occur in a posh locality during the rush hours. The driver of the vehicle is being searched to gather more information.

Statement of the young woman will be recorded by the probe team, sources said.

The community remains shaken by the incident, demanding increased security measures to protect residents from such violent crimes in the State Capital.