The lawyer of the accused, Dattatray Ramdas Gade, claimed that the relationship was consensual. Gade was arrested from a paddy field in Pune’s Shirur tehsil after an extensive search operation. The operation, conducted around midnight on Thursday, involved drones and sniffer dogs. Authorities launched the search following allegations of sexual assault inside a Shivshahi bus.
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Pune: Today, 28th Feb, In a shocking incident, a 26-year-old woman was allegedly raped inside a bus at Pune’s Swargate Bus Stand while waiting for transport to her hometown in Satara district. The accused, Dattatray Ramdas Gade, was arrested after an extensive 75-hour manhunt and has now been sent to 12-day police custody by Pune’s Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC) court.
