India, Feb. 28 -- As Maharashtra Police intensified its probe into the alleged Pune bus rape case, it emerged that a seemingly simple request for food and water led to the arrest of the accused.

Dattatray Ramdas Gade, 37, was arrested by Pune police on Friday. He had been on the run after allegedly raping a woman inside a bus at Swargate bus station in Pune in the early hours of Tuesday.

The manhunt that was initially stalled gained momentum after a crucial tip-off from a local family who unknowingly helped police capture the rape accused, news agency PTI reported.

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