3 min learnPuneMight 16, 2026 10:15 PM IST
Pune Rural Police on Saturday filed a chargesheet of about 1,100 pages towards the 65-year-old man who allegedly raped and murdered a three-year-old lady at a village in Pune district on Might 1.
The sufferer’s mom had on Might 2 lodged a primary data report (FIR) towards him, underneath sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and the Prevention of Youngsters from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO).
The incident had sparked an enormous outrage and police assured a chargesheet will probably be filed on this case inside 15 days. A particular investigation workforce (SIT) was fashioned to analyze the offence.
Accordingly, on Saturday night, particular public prosecutor (SPP) Ajay Misar, Superintendent of Pune Rural Police Sandeep Singh Gill and police inspector Vjaymala Pawar, the investigation officer of this case, submitted the chargesheet within the court docket, as per BNS sections 137 (2), 103, 64, 65 (2), 74, 140 (1) and sections 4, 6, 8, 12 of the POCSO Act.
Police mentioned the chargesheet contains statements of about 50 witnesses, panchnama paperwork and CCTV footage, together with FSL studies. Police mentioned the sufferer and accused had been “final seen collectively” by some witnesses, together with youngsters, and their proof is vital to show the offence.
Misar mentioned the FSL studies had been obtained in time and hooked up with the chargesheet. “The DNA take a look at report and medical proof on this case is optimistic,” he mentioned.
Misar mentioned submitting the chargesheet inside 15 days in such a critical offence was a exceptional job by Pune rural police. Gill mentioned the case will probably be tried earlier than a quick observe court docket constituted as per the Nationwide Mission for Security of Ladies.
As per police data, the sufferer lady was a resident of Pune metropolis, however was at the moment staying at her grandmother’s home at a village in Pune district. On the afternoon of Might 1, whereas she was taking part in close to an area temple within the village, the accused, having a earlier felony file, allegedly lured her and took her to a cowshed. He allegedly raped the lady, killed her, after which dumped her useless physique in cow dung on the spot. Police mentioned the accused murdered the little lady by brutally assaulting her bodily.
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Later, because the lady didn’t return house, her household and locals began looking for her. CCTV footage revealed the accused had taken the lady with him round 3.15 pm. Quickly, the lady’s physique was discovered within the cowshed, and the accused was caught.
Police mentioned the accused was discovered to be a recurring offender. He was earlier booked in two molestation instances. Police mentioned in 1998 he allegedly prompted a sexual assault on an aged lady. Additionally, in 2015, he allegedly molested his 17 yr outdated niece, for which an FIR was lodged on the similar police station in Pune rural underneath sections of BNS and POCSO Act. However he was acquitted in each instances on account of technical causes, police mentioned.
The accused is at the moment remanded to judicial custody by a court docket in Pune. Police officers mentioned a correct investigation has been carried out and there’s robust proof towards the accused, to make sure justice is delivered to the sufferer lady. An in-camera trial of this case can be carried out earlier than the quick observe court docket.
Talking to media individuals, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis had mentioned that the state would urge the court docket to award capital punishment to the accused.
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