India, Feb. 27 -- As the investigation over the alleged rape of a woman inside a bus at Swargate depot of Maharashtra's Pune, calls for strictest punishment for the absconding accused are growing, with former Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud also raising a similar demand.

Amid mounting pressure from the opposition, which has likened the incident with the 2012 Delhi Nirbhaya gang rape, a frantic effort to crack the case is underway. Police have formed multiple teams to nab the history-sheeter accused, Dattatray Ramdas Gade (37), who has been on the run since the incident which took place on a Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) bus early Tuesday morning. Pune rape case updates

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