Bhubaneswar, Sept. 25 -- A young woman narrowly escaped a kidnapping attempt near the Nayapalli flyover in Bhubaneswar last evening as she jumped out of a moving autorickshaw and sustained critical injuries.

According to reports, the woman was travelling in an autorickshaw from Acharya Vihar towards Nayapalli around 7:45 pm when the incident occurred. Instead of taking the service road, the auto driver suddenly sped up the vehicle over the flyover. When the passenger questioned him, a youth sitting inside the auto pressed a cloth over her face in an attempt to overpower her.

Realising that she was being abducted, the woman resisted and managed to push away the attacker. In a desperate bid to save herself, she jumped out of the moving au...