Mannabi leaves her relatives' home in Borivli and manages to hail an auto. She then sees him make a call on his cellphone in a language she can't decipher. Illustration/Ravi Jadhav

On Thursday evening, when 58-year-old Mannabi Shaikh boarded an auto for Borivli station, as was her usual routine when visiting family there, little did she know that it would turn into a ride from hell. Three people, including a woman, robbed her at knifepoint and later, abandoned to find her way home from Dahisar naka. The accused have not been identified yet and no arrests have been made.