A 16-year-old girl bravely escaped a kidnapping attempt in Thane. The incident happened on July 9 in Bhiwandi. She was in an auto-rickshaw when the driver refused to stop near her school. The girl used a geometry compass to defend herself. She then jumped from the moving vehicle. She reached school safely and informed her mother.
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