Pune bus rape: Accused detained from Shirur, say police
Pune (PTI): A man who allegedly raped a 26-year-old woman inside a bus at Pune’s Swargate bus station was detained in Shirur on Friday, police said.
Pune police detained the accused, Dattatray Gade, around midnight, an official said.
Gade (37), a history-sheeter, allegedly raped the woman inside an ST bus in the early hours of Tuesday.
The accused is named in half a dozen theft, robbery and chain-snatching cases in Pune and Ahilyanagar districts. He has been out on bail since 2019 in one of the offences.
The official said at least 13 police teams were deployed at various locations around the state to nab the accused.
The police had also deployed sniffer dogs and drones as part of a search operation in sugarcane fields in Shirur tehsil on Thursday.
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Himanta resigns as Assam CM, paving way for formation of new govt
Guwahati (PTI): Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday resigned along with his cabinet colleagues, paving the way for formation of a new government led by the BJP, officials said.
The BJP-led NDA bagged 102 seats in the 126-member assembly. The assembly elections were held in a single phase on April 9, and counting of votes took place on May 4.
"Following the formal notification of the results of #AssamElections2026 and to enable the formation of the new government, Dr @himantabiswa tendered his resignation as Chief Minister along with that of the council of Ministers to Hon'ble Governor Shri @Laxmanacharya54 today at Lok Bhawan," the Chief Minister's Office said in a post on X.
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The Governor has accepted the resignation, and requested Sarma to continue as the caretaker CM till the new government assumes office, it said.
Later, speaking to reporters outside the Lok Bhawan, Sarma said the oath-taking ceremony is likely to take place after May 11.
“As it was a historic win, we have invited Prime Minister Narendra Modi to grace the occasion," he said.
The new Assam chief minister will be selected at a meeting of the BJP legislature party in presence of central observers, Sarma said.
