India, March 1 -- A court on Friday sent the 37-year-old man accused of raping a woman inside an empty parked state transport bus at Swargate depot in Pune city to police custody till March 12.

The accused, Dattatray Ramdas Gade, was nabbed from a paddy field following an extensive search operation carried out with the help of drones and sniffer dogs around midnight on Thursday in Shirur tehsil of Pune district.

He was formally arrested and produced before the Pune Sessions Court of First Class Magistrate TS Gaigole amid heavy police security.

Advocate Wajid Khan, appearing for the accused, told the court that his client was facing a media trial and claimed the complainant herself went inside the bus.

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