Vijayawada: How Bengaluru techie used Shakti App to escape midnight auto assault

A young woman was rescued from a late-night assault in Vijayawada thanks to the Shakti app. After tracking a suspicious auto driver near the Kazha toll plaza, Mangalagiri police arrested the suspect and praised the life-saving technology.

New Delhi: A young professional working in Bengaluru narrowly escaped a horrific ordeal at the Vijayawada bus stand thanks to a combination of quick thinking and state-of-the-art safety technology. She arrived at the station at 12:30 am on 24 April and was approached by an auto driver, Phanindra, who persistently pressured her into taking a ride to Namburu. She initially refused to take the ride, but after that the auto driver insisted two or three times, and she said, “Okay,........

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