An auto-rickshaw driver was detained by locals in Barang on Friday for allegedly kidnapping and attempting to rape a girl, who was on her way from Kendrapada district to Bhubaneswar.
As per preliminary reports, the vivtim was to appear an examination at Bhubaneswar. She reportedly got down from a bus at Link Road and took a sharing auto-rickshaw to her destination in Bhubaneswar.
There were two more women co-passengers in the auto who got down after a while. Finding the girl alone in vehicle, driver allegedly drove auto to a secluded place near Govindpur under Godisahi police post. It is alleged that driver allegedly tried to rape her.Sources said, a group of locals rushed to rescue of girl after hearing her cries.