Pune Bus Rape Case: Recent developments have emerged within the case pertaining to the rape of a 26-year-old girl inside a bus on the Swargate depot in Maharashtra’s Pune. Pune Police have sprung into motion to nab the prime accused, Dattatray Gade, and have introduced a reward of Rs 1 lakh for info resulting in his arrest.
In the meantime, the Nationwide Fee for Ladies (NCW) has taken severe be aware of the sexual assault on the 26-year-old girl and requested the state police chief to submit an in depth investigation report. The Fee’s chairperson, Vijaya Rahatkar, in a letter to the state Director Normal of Police, Rashmi Shukla, has requested to submit an investigation report and likewise a replica of the grievance by the sufferer.
Amid raging controversy over the bus rape case, Maharashtra Transport Minister Pratap Sarnaik has convened a high-level assembly on Thursday at Mantralaya with the officers from the division and state-run MSRTC to evaluate the safety on the bus depots and take measures to enhance it.
The Minister is chairing the assembly after 23 safety guards from Swargate depot had been suspended and changed by new guards following Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis’ directives.
Sarnaik instructed IANS, “Yesterday’s incident is very condemnable. The assembly will talk about the current safety preparations on the Maharashtra State Highway Transport Company (MSRTC) depots throughout the state and the steps to be taken for its enchancment. It’s discovered that in a number of depots, scrapped buses are parked. As well as, the buses seized by the state regional transport workplace are additionally parked in these depots, and the native goons attempt to make the most of it. These buses should be faraway from depots to keep away from comparable incidents sooner or later.”
He additional emphasised the necessity to use trendy know-how to strengthen the safety preparations in bus depots. “It’s fairly disturbing that the buses are on responsibility or in any other case parked in depots with no correct locking system. That is fairly opposite to personal buses, as they’re fitted with an alarm and locking system that prohibits the entry of any unauthorized particular person. The same system should be put in in MSRTC-run buses in all depots. In addition to, such a system must be put in in buses which might be parked on the roadside on account of technical points. This improve of safety preparations contained in the buses and on the depots shall be mentioned at size at right this moment’s assembly, and it will likely be carried out in the end of time,” mentioned Sarnaik.
Right here Are High Factors:
1. Prime accused Gade has remained absconding for the previous 48 hours, prompting an intensive police search to apprehend him.
2. The surprising incident occurred at round 5:30 a.m. on Tuesday on the Swargate bus stand in Pune, the place a 26-year-old girl was allegedly raped inside a Maharashtra State Highway Transport Company (MSRTC) bus.
3. The sufferer had arrived on the bus stand to board a bus to her hometown in Satara district when the accused, who was roaming across the premises, approached her underneath false pretences, IANS reported, citing officers.
4. In accordance with the police, Gade misled the girl by directing her to a different bus, falsely claiming it was headed for her vacation spot. Trusting his phrases, she boarded the bus, just for the accused to comply with her and commit the crime inside earlier than fleeing the scene.
5. The traumatized girl later managed to take one other bus to her hometown, the place she knowledgeable her good friend concerning the assault and subsequently lodged a police grievance.
6. Pune Deputy Commissioner of Police Smartana Patil confirmed that Gade has a historical past of prison offences and was beforehand booked by Pune Rural Police. Authorities are actively monitoring him all the way down to carry him to justice.
7. In the meantime, Maharashtra Transport Minister Pratap Sarnaik has taken swift motion by ordering a departmental inquiry in opposition to the station grasp and depot supervisor on the Swargate bus stand.
8. The Maharashtra State Highway Transport Company (MSRTC) has additionally changed safety guards on the premises and has been directed to submit an in depth report inside seven days.
9. In accordance with a press release by the MSRTC, in gentle of rising feminine ridership underneath the ‘Mahila Samman Yojana,’ Sarnaik has convened a gathering of senior transport officers to boost security measures for girls passengers. He additionally warned that any negligence on the a part of officers will end in instant suspension.
10. The case has sparked outrage, elevating severe considerations over safety at public transport hubs, and authorities are underneath strain to make sure swift justice for the sufferer whereas reinforcing security protocols for girls travellers.
(With IANS Inputs)
