In a movie-like turn of events, a 20-year-old woman was rescued from her kidnappers after a motorcyclist, hearing her cries for help, intercepted their car and alerted passersby, police said Wednesday.

The dramatic incident happened in Odisha’s Jajpur district Tuesday night, they said.

The woman was returning home in Muraripur on her scooter, along with a friend, from her workplace in the Jaraka Bazar area. On the Kantamalia-Thanual Road, a motorcycle sped from the rear and blocked the road, stopping them, according to the police complaint.

Soon, three men arrived at the spot in a car and forced the woman into the vehicle, it said.

As the car sped, a motorcyclist coming from the opposite direction suspected something amiss, hearing the woman’s cries for help, police said.

He chased th

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