Pune bus rape case accused detained in Shirur: Police | India News

The Swargate Bus Stand the place 26-year-old girl was allegedly raped (PTI photograph)

NEW DELHI: Pune Police, early Friday, apprehended the person accused of allegedly raping a 26-year-old girl inside a bus at Pune’s Swargate bus station in Shirur Tehsil
Dattatray Gade was taken into custody round midnight from Pune’s Shirur tehsil, in keeping with PTI reviews.
The incident occurred early Tuesday morning when Gade (37), a history-sheeter, allegedly assaulted the lady inside an ST bus. The survivor, who was employed, had been ready to catch a bus to Phaltan, located roughly 100 km away.
The accused particular person, Gade, reportedly got here as much as her and deceived her by stating that her bus was stationed in a special location. He guided her to an unoccupied Shivshahi bus throughout the depot premises. After persuading her to enter the car, he adopted her aboard and allegedly perpetrated the assault earlier than departing from the placement.
The accused has a prison report with six instances involving theft, theft and chain-snatching in Pune and Ahilyanagar district. He had been launched on bail in 2019 for one in every of these offences.
To seize the suspect, authorities deployed 13 police groups throughout varied places in the state.
On Thursday, the search operation in Shirur Tehsil, Pune district, concerned using sniffer canines and drones to scan by way of sugarcane fields.
Law enforcement authorities on Thursday had issued a financial reward of Rs 1 lakh for any particulars resulting in the apprehension of the accused.