Pune: Dattatreya Ramdas Gade, the man accused of raping a 26-year-old woman inside a bus at Pune’s Swargate bus station was detained in Shirur Tehsil on Friday, police said.
The suspect, identified as Dattatray Gade, was taken into custody by Pune Police around midnight in Shirur Tehsil.
The alleged incident occurred early Tuesday morning when Gade, a 37-year-old history-sheeter, reportedly assaulted the woman inside an ST bus.
Gade has a criminal record with at least six cases of theft, robbery, and chain-snatching registered against him in Pune and Ahilyanagar districts. He had been out on bail since 2019 in connection with one of these offences.
