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Pune Police Arrest Three After Woman Alleges Rape in Moving Car

Investigators are reviewing CCTV and phone data to trace a fourth suspect.

Overview

  • Police in Pune, who arrested three suspects Monday night, say a fourth man is being traced.
  • The 30-year-old told officers she met the men after dinner at a Koregaon Park hotel and agreed to visit another venue after one promised to drop her home.
  • She reported that the assault happened around 1:30 am on the Mundhwa–Koregaon Park road inside a moving car on a deserted stretch.
  • Officers named the men in custody as Abhishek Mukate, Dhananjay Sorte and Adesh Shinde, and registered a case under sections for rape and molestation.
  • Police say two were in the car during the attack and two others joined near the second hotel, and teams are scanning hotel logs, nearby CCTV and mobile location data.