Pune: Man who allegedly raped woman inside bus at Swargate arrested

The Pune Police on Friday arrested the man who allegedly raped a 26-year-old woman inside a bus at the city’s Swargate bus stand on February 25, ANI reported.

The man, Dattatraya Gade, was detained from the Gunat village in Pune district shortly after midnight after an intensive search operation, and was later placed under arrest. He will be produced before court on Friday.

Pune Commissioner of Police Amitesh Kumar said that a special counsel will be appointed for the case, and the investigation will be fast-tracked. “We will undertake all efforts to ensure that the accused is punished at the earliest,” he said, according to ANI.

The police commissioner said that nearly 500 police officials were involved in the operation to trace Gade. He added that 400 to 500 residents of the Gunat village helped the police trace the accused man.

“I will personally visit the village to honour the villagers who helped us,” Kumar said.

During the operation to trace Gade, teams from the Pune City police and Pune Rural police searched the area around Gunat, going through sugarcane fields and using drones and a dog squad, The Indian Express reported.

The case

Around 5.30 am on Tuesday, the 26-year-old woman was waiting for a bus to Paithan town at Pune city’s Swargate bus stand. The suspect approached her and claimed that her…

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