Overview
- On July 9, a 16-year-old schoolgirl boarded an autorickshaw in Bhiwandi and found an unidentified man already inside.
- When the vehicle sped past her school, she retrieved a geometry compass from her bag to strike the driver and pushed away his accomplice before leaping from the moving rickshaw.
- She reached her school unharmed and then told her mother, who lodged a complaint at Shanti Nagar police station.
- Police have registered a case under Sections 137(2) (kidnapping) and 62 (attempt to commit offences punishable with imprisonment) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
- The incident has prompted local officials to review student transport safety measures, reflecting growing concerns over commuter security.