Pune: Dattatray Gade, accused of raping a 26-year-old woman inside a parked bus at Pune’s Swargate bus station, was arrested by Pune Police on Friday morning, officials said.
According to Dynamite News correspondent, the accused was arrested by the Pune Crime Branch from a village in Shirur Tehsil of Pune district.
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DCP Smarthana Patil, Zone 2, Pune City Police, said that the accused has been formally arrested.
He was on the Run for 3 days
The accused Dattatray Ramdas Gade was absconding since the incident happened on Tuesday, when the rape survivor, a working woman, was waiting for a bus to return home to Phaltan, which is located around 100 km away.
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The accused allegedly approached her, falsely claiming that the bus to her destination was parked elsewhere. He led her to a MSRTC Shivsahi bus parked in the depot, where he allegedly raped her.(With Agency Inputs)
