Gang Rape at Bopdev Ghat: Arrests Made in a Shocking Case |

Pune: A city court on Friday sent two arrested men to jail for 14 days judge supervision on October 3 Bopdev ghat gangbang case.
Suspects, Chandrakumar Kanaujia Shoaib alias Akhtar Babu Shaikh alias Akhtar Jamal (Zameer) from Undri Lakhpati (20) from Mantarwadi (27) was later sent to Yerawada central jail. Crime branch inspector Yuvraj Hande had produced the duo before Magistrate First Class SH Atkare after their initial remand period ended.
Deputy public prosecutor Aamrapali Kasture said the investigating officer requested that the duo be detained by the magistrate and reserved the right to request that the duo be kept in police custody once the third suspect is arrested.
In Hande’s report, it was stated that the suspects showed them the places they visited before and after the gang rape of the 21-year-old event management student. Police also seized Kanaujia’s shoes, which he wore on the day of the crime.
The rape survivor, hailing from a city in Gujarat and studying in Pune, and her friend (22), a chartered accounting student from north Maharashtra, went to Bopdev Ghat to spend a night around 11 pm on October 3. An hour later, Three men attacked the chartered accounting student near “Table Point” on the ghat. They forced her to take off her shirt and trouser belt, used them to tie her up and rape the young woman. The incident created a huge outrage across the state.
Police made their first arrest in the case on October 11 as Kanaujia, a laborer from Kadnagar in Undri, and followed this up with the arrest of Shaikh, a rag picker from Adarshnagar, in Mantarwadi near Phursungi from Prayagraj in a coordinated action. Along with the Uttar Pradesh special task force. Shaikh was stated to be the ringleader of the trio.