Shiv Sena (UBT) Leader Vasant More Vandalises Security Office At Swargate Bus Station Following Rape Of 26-Year-Old Woman In Shivshahi Bus

After a a 26-year-old woman was allegedly raped inside an MSRTC bus on at Swargate bus station, protesters led by Shiv Sena (UBT) Leader Vasant More, destroyed the security office at the city’s Swargate bus station on Wednesday.

Inside the security office, Sena (UBT) workers broke windows and furniture while female activists yelled anti-BJP and anti-Maharashtra government chants.

In a shocking incident in Pune, a 26-year-old woman was raped inside a stationary Shivshahi bus at the busy Swargate ST stand in the city, officials said on Wednesday. The accused has been identified as Dattatray Ramdas Gade. He has cases of theft registered against him at Shikrapur and Shirur police stations, they added.

According to the police, the victim is a counselor at a hospital and resides in the Aundh-Baner area. On Tuesday, around 6am, when she was waiting for a bus to Phaltan at one of the platforms, the accused approached her and said the bus had arrived at another platform.

Police have established eight squads to find the offender, who was identified as petty criminal Dattatraya Gade, according to an official.

Victim filed case after narrating incident to friend

“Trusting the accused, the victim followed him to an empty bus parked at a deserted and dark spot. When she questioned him that there was no one there, he said many passengers were sitting inside the bus. When she entered the bus, the accused quickly locked the bus from inside, raped her and fled from the scene. We have analysed the CCTV footage of the crime scene and identified the accused,” the police said.

“The victim initially did not have the courage to file a case. However, after narrating the incident to a friend, she returned and lodged a police complaint at Swargate police station. A total of eight police teams have been deployed to find the accused. The victim has been sent for a medical examination at Sassoon General Hospital. She is stable now,” they added.