Pune Police arrest man accused of raping woman inside bus
After being on the run for a few days, Dattatray Gade, accused of raping a 26-year-old woman inside a parked Shivshahi bus at Pune’s Swargate depot, was arrested on Friday.
Nine people were today killed and 12 others were injured after a bus of the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation rammed into a stationary tempo near Narayangaon in Pune district amid heavy rains.
The bus was heading for Pune from Trimbakeshwar in Nashik district, Narayangaon police said.
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The accident spot is 77 km away from here. “It seems the bus driver could not see the tempo due to heavy rain,” a police officer said.
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The accident took place at around 1.45 am when the driver of the tempo, which was carrying onions, had halted by the roadside to change a flat tyre.
“Identities of the deceased are yet to be ascertained,” the officer added.
Injured passengers were being treated at nearby hospitals.
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