India, Feb. 28 -- The lawyer representing Dattatray Ramdas Gade, the accused in the Swargate bus station rape case, claimed on Friday that "nothing was done forcefully". He said the alleged incident took place in the morning and the survivor could have "shouted and sought help".

"It was 5.45am in the morning (the time of the alleged incident). She could have shouted and sought help. Nothing was done forcefully," advocate Wajid Khan was quoted as saying by news agency ANI.

Gade, a history-sheeter, fled to his native place in Shirur after allegedly raping the 26-year-old woman inside a state transport bus at Swargate bus station on Tuesday.

The Pune police arrested the 37-year-old on Friday after a massive manhunt which involved the poli...