Pune bus rape accused arrested, say police

The Pune Police on Friday arrested the accused who allegedly raped a 26-year-old lady inside a stationary bus at Swargate bus station, information company PTI reported.

Pune Police arrested the accused, Dattatray Gade, round midnight from Shirur tehsil.

Gade allegedly raped the girl early Tuesday morning inside an ST bus. He was caught after visiting somebody’s home for a meal, and the individual instantly knowledgeable the police.

Gade focused the girl whereas she was ready for a bus to Phaltan in Satara district round 5:45 am on Tuesday. He misled her by saying the bus was at one other platform after which dedicated the crime.

Gade is a history-sheeter and is known as in half a dozen circumstances of theft, theft, and chain-snatching in Pune and Ahilyanagar districts. He has been out on bail since 2019 in one of many offences.

13 groups had been deployed

13 police groups had been deployed at varied places throughout the state to arrest the accused.

The police additionally used sniffer canines and drones as a part of a search operation within the sugarcane fields of Shirur tehsil in Pune district on Thursday.