Bengaluru auto ride news: A Bengaluru woman recently shared her frightening experience, describing it as the “scariest five minutes of her life,” during what seemed like a routine auto ride when she felt an unexpected touch on her back.

During the ride, she felt a light touch on her back—a sensation that instantly sent her nerves into overdrive. Was it a threat? A strange hand reaching from behind? Panic surged as she spun around, only to find a little girl lying motionless in the back, hidden from her view. For a moment, her mind spiralled—had she unknowingly witnessed a kidnapping, or was the child in danger?

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But just as her fear reached its peak, the child stirred, stretched, and called the driver “Appa,” the Kannada term for dad. That’s when the woman’s heart, still racing, found relief. The child wasn’t a victim of any sinister plot—just the driver’s daughter, napping quietly in the back.

Later, taking to her official handle on X, the woman described the experience as a rollercoaster of emotions, from sheer terror to a sigh of relief, reminding us how easily fear can take over—and how quickly things can return to normal when we get the full picture.

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Here’s how netizens reacted:

Netizens had mixed reactions to the story. One user wrote, “Sometimes we create problems when we actually don’t have them.” Another dismissed the reaction as “a bit of an overreaction.” One user commented, “This is not Kerala, we are not into smuggling.”

Another noted, “We have a negative bias towards auto drivers, but at the end of the day, they’re also common people.”

Meanwhile, others added humorous takes. “Wow, the suspense thriller was shot right in the auto! On one side, horror, on the other, family drama—these days, Bangalore autos feel like a Netflix series! Next time, I’ll have to be ready for a ‘plot twist’ along with the seat belt!” one user quipped,” one user quipped.

While the woman’s experience turned out to be a false alarm, it sparked an online conversation about assumptions, fears, and the human tendency to jump to conclusions.