PUNE: A 24-year-old businessman was arrested on Saturday on the charge of kidnapping and raping a call centre employee at an isolated location in Kharadi in the wee hours of Thursday.
The Khadki cantonment court has remanded the businessman to police custody till January 7.
Deputy commissioner of police (Zone IV) Pankaj Deshmukh told TOI, “During investigations, we collected CCTV footage showing the businessman abusing and thrashing the woman. He had also forced her to sit on his motorcycle. We collected footage showing that the suspect had withdrawn money from an ATM at Gunjan chowk. We then established his identity, worked on certain clues and took him into custody from Hinjewadi.”
“The suspect runs two mobile shops at Hinjewadi and Kharadi. During questioning he admitted to his involvement in the crime,” he added.
Sub-inspector Shubhangi Magdum from Vishrantwadi police station said, “The suspect is involved in a serious crime. His custodial interrogation was essential to identify the routes he used before and after committing the crime, recover the motorcycle used in the crime and conduct his medical examination.”
Senior inspector Ajay Chandkhede in-charge of the Vishrantwadi police said, “We immediately registered the FIR after the rape survivor approached us with a complaint. We investigated the case on a priority basis and arrested the man in the shortest possible time. We are questioning him to get more information about the incident, among other details.”
(The victim's identity has not been revealed to protect her privacy as per Supreme Court directives on cases related to sexual assault)