THE JHARKHAND STORY DESK
Pune, Feb 28: A Pune Crime Branch team apprehended Pune bus rape case accused Dattatray Ramdas Gade from a village in Shirur Tehsil after he had been on the run since Tuesday. He has now been formally arrested, according to DCP Smarthana Patil of Zone 2, Pune City Police.
The incident occurred when the survivor, a working woman, was waiting for a bus to return to Phaltan, about 100 km away.
The accused allegedly misled her by claiming her bus was parked elsewhere and led her to an MSRTC Shivsahi bus in the depot, where he raped her.
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Protesters from the Sharad Pawar-led NCP-SCP gathered at Pune’s Swargate bus depot on Thursday, demanding strict action against the accused and calling for capital punishment.
The demonstration highlighted concerns over women’s safety following the February 25 incident, in which a 26-year-old woman was allegedly raped inside a parked bus.
In response, Maharashtra Transport Minister Pratap Sarnaik ordered a departmental inquiry against the Assistant Transport Superintendent and the Bus Depot Manager of Swargate Bus Depot.
