A 23-year-old girl was injured after she jumped off speeding auto rickshaw near Hamidia hospital on Friday; victim was on her way back home from Panchvati Colony and jumped off the auto rickshaw to save her from the accused driver, who was molesting her.
Police said that the victim had gone for an interview in Pancvati Colony and later she boarded an auto rickshaw whose driver tried to kidnap the victim and to save herself she jumped off the vehicle and sustained multiple injuries. She was rushed to Hamidia hospital where her condition was reportedly stable.
SHO Koh-e-Fiza police Bl Mandloi said that the incident occurred when the victim boarded an auto rickshaw on her way back to home at TT Nagar where she lives in a rented apartment. The victim hails from Hoshangabad and lives in a rented room in TT Nagar.
A complaint was lodged with the police by the victim’s mother who told the police that the victim sustained injuries in her chin, ear and abdomen. She said that when she boarded an auto rickshaw for lalghati the accused driver speed up the vehicle near Hamidia hospitals and when she asked the driver he threatened her that she would not be able to give interview tomorrow.
The victim kept raising alarm but no one came to help and in a bid to rescue she jumped off the auto rickshaw and was rushed to Hamidia hospital by the locals.
After the preliminary investigation police have registered a case under section 365 and 323 of the IPC and have started further investigation. In the initial investigation the police have found that the auto rickshaw bearing MP04-RA-3688 and search for the accused has been started.