My friend's wife came out of her office as usual at around 7: 30 PM and stopped an auto for a shared ride to Kothaguda (Near Kondapur).

There were already three guys in the auto. The auto driver asked one of the guys to come to front to sit next to him (This is how we share auto daily in Hyderabad) . So she sat into her seat.

Everything was fine till the auto reached Anjaiah Nagar Jn.

Suddenly, One of the other two guys sitting at the back seat asked the auto driver to drop him at the Botanical gardens, which are at a half kilo meter from the junction to the left and offered him to pay five rupees extra for that.

The auto driver said OK, exactly when, that lady asked, unknowingly, as to why the auto is going this way, who informed her of the reason.

She said OK, but was a little skeptical. No sooner did the guy get down from the auto and go into the garden, the auto driver, instead of taking a U turn speeded his vehicle further in the same direction.

When she was asking the driver regarding this, the other guy sitting next to her threw some white powder, on her face, which she could cover, just - in - time with her chunni and pushed that guy away.

Now the other guy, who was sitting next to the auto driver, came to the back seat, even when the auto was in running and started to hold that girl's hand while the other guy caught hold of her bag.

Then she started shouting loudly and then gained all her strengths and pushed one guy back and jumped out of the auto. Her both hands were scratched, one of her hands fractured, as she jumped from an auto which was going at speed, not less than 50 - 60 KM per hour on a kacha road.

She ran along the same road in the opposite direction. However, she could not manage to get her bag as the other guy (not the one she hit) took her bag which had her mobile.

There was no light any where around. The autowala and his gang have gone with the bag.It had a new Nokia N 73 mobile, one thousand rupees cash and her credit cards.

There was another family coming in a car, whom she actually stopped. They asked her to get in and took her first to the first aid centre at Kothaguda (apollo clinic) and then called her husband and handed over to him.

The couple went and informed police and also the company's security officer-in-charge. My friend called me in the morning and informed me of the same and asked to warn all ladies and gents against such problems

We should, however, appreciate her for her bravery and timely response in avoiding the white powder (likely to be some anasthetic) and jump of the auto.

I request all of you to be careful about all such problems.

Be brave. Try to go home in group. IF you are late take your colleague's help