According to the police, the accused misled the 26-year-old victim, who was waiting at the Swargate bus depot, to a vacant Shivshahi bus and sexually assaulted her.
The Pune city police have announced a reward of Rs 1 lakh for those giving information about history-sheeter Dattatraya Ramdas Gade, the 37-year-old man accused of raping a woman inside a Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) bus parked at Swargate depot on February 25.
The police, on Thursday, also released the photograph of Gade, a resident of Gunat village in Shirur taluka, who was previously charged in robbery and theft cases by the Pune Rural police. They said the informants can contact senior police inspector Yuvraj Nandre at 9881670659 and police Sub-Inspector Punam Patil at 8600444569 and their names would be kept confidential.
The city police have intensified the search for Gade, who has been on the run for over 48 hours.