AMBALAPUZHA: An 11-year-old girl foiled a kidnapping bid when a youth tried to kidnap her from her house when her mother had gone to drop her younger sister in school. The youth managed to escape when the girl faced him brilliantly.

There was an attempt to abduct the daughter of Sharath and Asmin in Kakkazham. The incident happened yesterday morning.

The youth told the girl playing at home that her mother and sister met with an accident and that he was her father's friend and asked her to accompany him.

However, without opening the door of the house, she told him that her father is a policeman and asked him to call her father. Hearing this he fled from the place. A complaint was lodged when her mother returned from school. Sarath is an employee of KSEB in Ambalapuzha. The Ambalapuzha police have started an investigation.