Kidnapped by three strangers, a 15-year-old boy managed to escape their clutches thanks to his presence of mind and a gift of the gab. All it took was a few moments alone with one of the crooks for the teenager the son of a jeweller in Vasai to convince him that they had made a big mistake by abducting him.

After the 15-year-old was kidnapped by three strangers, he convinced one of them to turn himself to the police. The boy drove the car to the police station himself. Pic/Hanif Patel