Andhra Pradesh : In a latest addition to the spate of incidents of  attempting to outrage  the modesty of young women, two  girls  jumped out   from  a speeding  auto to escape  from  a rape attempt by the  driver and two other youth in Vizag of Andhra Pradesh.

The police said that two girls were found injured, one of them with severe head injuries in the outskirts  of  Paderu in Vizag area on Monday.  On  Sunday  the girls who  were  residing near G Madugula area in the district had gone to  Paderu   to attend the   Modakondamma  festival.

 The girls had boarded a  shared  autorickshaw  to go back to their hometown  at  Paderu. Two  youth  who  were also travelling  in the  vehicle started misbehaving  with the girls.   

 
After the vehicle proceeded a little further, the youth started misbehaving with the girls and supposedly wanted  sexual favours from them. The sources said, even the driver of the autorickshaw tried to abuse  them and took the auto  towards Chintalaveedhi.

 Sensing danger after noticing the vehicle speeding in the wrong direction,  the girls jumped out of the vehicle and started screaming for help.A passer-by who noticed the happenings tried to chase the auto in vain.

 Paderu police have registered a case  and have launched a manhunt  for the autorickshaw driver and the other two youth.