Pune bus rape case: The accused called the survivor “didi”, said the police

On Friday, the accused was sent to police custody by the Pune court till March 12.

The recent Pune bus rape incident has shaken the entire nation. The police were on the lookout for the accused, who was finally taken into custody after an extensive search operation. On Friday, the Pune court sent the accused to custody till March 12. The rape accused, Dattatray Ramdas Gade, called the 26-year-old rape survivor “didi” (sister) and took her to an empty “Shiv Shahi” bus parked at the Swargate depot and raped her, said the police to the court on Friday.

The accused called the survivor woman, “Didi”, said the police.

On Friday, the police told the Pune court that the accused, Dattatray Ramdas Gade called the 26-year-old woman “didi” before taking her to an empty Shiv Shahi bus and raping her. According to a PTI report, the 37-year-old accused faces half a dozen criminal cases in Pune and Ahilyanagar districts and was seen in the CCTV footage of the bus terminus on the day of the incident. According to the police, the mobile phone data he used was yet to be recovered. They also said that out of the half dozen cases registered against Gade, women are complainants in five of them.

The accused was nabbed from a paddy field.

Accused Dattatray Ramdas Gade was sent to police custody until March 12. The police nabbed him from a paddy field around midnight on Thursday in Shirur tehsil of Pune district following an extensive search operation involving drones and sniffer dogs.

Amitesh Kumar, Pune police commissioner, was quoted by news agency PTI, “According to the primary medical report, a ligature mark was found on the accused. It is suspected that he attempted suicide. We are waiting for the final report.”