Two days after Dattatraya Ramdas Gade, who’s accused of raping a girl at Swargate depot in Pune metropolis, was arrested from his hometown Gunat village, the sarpanch of the village mentioned that the villagers will refuse the reward cash Rs 1 lakh introduced by police .
The Pune metropolis police had introduced a reward of Rs 1 lakh for info associated to Gade when he was absconding.
Gunat Sarpanch Ramdas Kakde mentioned that this reward cash was inflicting issues as a number of villagers are claiming that they’ve caught Gade or supplied info concerning him.
“Due to the reward cash numerous persons are saying that they caught him or supplied the knowledge. We (panchayat) wish to have a gathering the place we’ll say that we don’t need a single rupee of the reward. We have now spoken to the individuals who helped the police catch the accused and so they have additionally agreed. The village has been defamed due to this incident. This isn’t one thing to be pleased with,” he mentioned.
Gunat is a small village round 75 km away from Pune metropolis and 20 km away from Shirur.
With a inhabitants of round 3,500, the village is predominantly settled by the Maratha group.
Explaining how the villagers helped the police apprehend the accused, Kakde mentioned, “First we heard that the police had been in search of the accused in Shikrapur and Shirur. However later Gunat’s identify was all over the place and the villagers grew to become involved. We then determined to assist the police of their search operation. The accused visited two homes to have water and each of them knowledgeable the police about him. On account of this, his location was recognized and a drone was capable of spot him.”
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The Pune police had mentioned that the accused is a history-sheeter and was earlier booked in six felony circumstances. The defence attorneys have claimed in courtroom that Gade didn’t rape the sufferer however that each had consensual bodily relations.
In the meantime, Shubham Gade, cousin brother of the accused, claimed that Gade was harmless and “a sufferer of injustice.”
“He ran away for a few days as he was afraid,” he added,
One other villager, on the situation of anonymity, mentioned that the accused’s home within the village had been photographed by the media a number of instances, inflicting discomfort to the relations.
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“If he (Gade) is discovered responsible, then cling him. I’ve no sympathy for him. However the media has been coming right here for the final three days, clicking pictures of his home. What’s the purpose of displaying the home? His spouse, mom, son, and grandmother keep right here. The media has been harassing them for feedback however nobody is seeing their ache,” the villager mentioned.
