Pune bus rape case: Maharashtra minister pulls up MSRTC for security lapse, backs police

Maharashtra Minister of Narrate for Dwelling Yogesh Kadam on Thursday blamed the non-public security guards on the Swargate MSRTC bus depot in reference to the rape of a 26-year-aged lady a pair of days ago but asserted the accused had been identified and will be held soon. The girl modified into raped allegedly by ancient past-sheeter Dattatray Ramdas Gade (37) early morning on Tuesday inner an ST bus. Thirteen groups had been fashioned by police to trace down Gade.

The security guards at Swargate MSRTC bus terminal are supplied by a non-public agency throughout the corporation and the depot supervisor will deserve to had been extra alert, Kadam stated. He hastened so that you just can add that he modified into no longer claiming the police had no characteristic in preventing such incidents.

“A team below senior inspector of Swargate police assign had performed patrolling within the home from 1:30am and moreover at 3:30am (on the day of the incident. They (corporation) have not kept tight security so it is some distance the responsibility of the depot supervisor. He's going to deserve to maintain checked the functioning of the guards. Offering around the clock security is the responsibility of the MSRTC, which has hired the guards and may pay their salaries,” Kadam claimed.

Asked referring to the MSRTC earlier writing to the police about anti-social aspects at Swargate bus depot, Kadam asserted “which you may per chance no longer flee away (from responsibility of security on the skill) by submitting a letter”.

“A pervert sweet talks and brainwashes a woman. There may be no argument or expend of force. Whatever came about, came about silently. So of us round couldn't be alerted. So as a replacement of indulging in a blame sport, let the accused be arrested so as that the problem gets obvious,” the utter minister added.

“The incident took assign at 6am and the sufferer complained to police at 9am. As soon because the grievance modified into got, the accused modified into identified and tracked through CCTV. He has absconded. We know he took a bus to cruise after going through CCTV photos,” Kadam added.

Kadam stated it modified into no longer the time for a blame sport but asserted the incident can had been kept faraway from if the protection on the bus terminal, a busy one within the utter’s 2d most attention-grabbing city, modified into up to the pricetag.

Speaking referring to the coordination between the police and MSRTC equipment, he stated a discussion modified into held with transport minister Pratap Sarnaik on Wednesday on whether police marshals can even be deployed at mute areas.

Kadam, within the course of his consult with to Swargate bus terminal, modified into accompanied by Pune police commissioner Amitesh Kumar, Joint Commissioner Ranjan Kumar Sharma and other senior police officials.