Pune Crime Files: When a cab driver’s relentless stalking led to acid attack on a BPO employee

Cab operator attempts to get adjacent to pistillate contempt refusals

According to constabulary and tribunal records, the pistillate initially worked arsenic a lawsuit attraction subordinate astatine a salient institution successful Pune. The convict, Kailas Sitaram Adagale, aged 25 then, worked arsenic a operator for a institution cab provided to her.

As per the police, Adagale, a nonmigratory of Thergaon, attempted to go adjacent with her, but she rebuffed his advances. She near the institution connected December 17, 2004, and started a caller occupation astatine a well-known BPO steadfast successful Kalyani Nagar successful January 2005. In addition, she was pursuing a BCom grade astatine a assemblage successful Pune.

Even aft she changed her workplace, Adagale continued to telephone her frequently, arsenic per the police. He besides attempted to conscionable her connected her mode to assemblage and her caller job. Despite ignoring him, she received a telephone telephone from Adagale astir 5.30 p.m. connected January 31, 2005, portion she was connected her mode to Kalyani Nagar successful different cab.

He wanted to conscionable her, but she refused and hung up. Nevertheless, helium confronted her connected the BPO firm’s campus, threatening to make a country if she did not talk with him. As a caller employee, she wanted to debar immoderate troubles successful the company, truthful she reluctantly agreed to speech with him successful his cab, according to the police.

After Adagale told her she wanted to wed her, she questioned however helium dared to accidental that. An aggravated Adagale opened a vessel containing acerb and splashed it connected her face. Hearing her screams, radical gathered, 2 of them caught Adagale, and handed him implicit to the police, who recorded his arrest. The constabulary filed a First Information Report (FIR) against him nether Section 307 (attempt to murder) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).

The woman, who was admitted to a hospital, did not endure acerb burns connected her look and eyes, but connected her hands, legs and different assemblage parts. She underwent aggregate surgeries earlier rejoining the job.

Case reaches Bombay High Court, convict jumps parole

A proceedings tribunal successful Pune convicted Adagale and awarded him 7 years of rigorous imprisonment. He moved the Bombay High Court to situation the condemnation portion the Maharashtra authorities filed an entreaty successful the precocious tribunal to heighten his sentence.

In August 2007, helium was released from jailhouse connected parole for 14 days, but helium did not instrumentality and escaped. A caller offence for jumping parole was lodged against him astatine the Hinjewadi constabulary station.

The constabulary launched a hunt for him but were incapable to hint his determination adjacent arsenic hearings successful the acerb onslaught lawsuit continued successful the precocious court. On February 18, 2016, the precocious tribunal awarded him beingness imprisonment and fined him Rs 2 lakh arsenic compensation to the woman.

The Bombay High Court observed that a specified 7 years of imprisonment for this “inhuman and cruel” enactment of acerb onslaught was a “miscarriage of justice”. It stated that 1 of the objectives of punishing the convict is to make a “deterrent effect” truthful that others bash not situation to indulge successful specified acts oregon offences.

As Adagale continued to beryllium connected the run, the constabulary intensified the hunt for him. Finally, acting connected a tip-off to Constable Feroz Bagwan, a squad led by the past Crime Branch adjunct inspector Sunil Gawali nabbed Adagale from J M Road successful Pune connected November 24, 2016.

The constabulary probe revealed that aft jumping parole, Adagale kept changing his location. He was successful Nagpur for immoderate days and past moved to states extracurricular Maharashtra. He past returned to Pune and started moving arsenic a cab operator again portion residing successful the Dhanori area, the constabulary said.