Amol Lode, Youth Congress President of Maharashtra’s Korpana city in Chandrapur District, was arrested for raping a minor. He was caught by the police at Akola bus station while attempting to escape to Mumbai. He has been booked on charges of rape and also under the POCSO Act. It must be mentioned that the accused is believed to be close to Maharashtra’s Leader of the Opposition Vijay Waddetiwar.

According to available information, the victim, a class 6 student, took tuition from Lode every Sunday. During one of the tuition sessions, the accused Lode took advantage of the situation and sexually assaulted the student. The victim informed her parents who immediately registered a complaint against the accused at the Korpana Police Station. Based on the complaint, the Police booked Lode under the POCSO Act and sent the victim to District General Hospital for medical examination.

As soon as the local police station was informed of the case, two teams were formed to search for the accused by Police Inspector Mahesh Kondawar under the directions of SP Mummakka Sudarshan and Additional SP Rina Janbandhu.

When the teams searched for the accused, they received a tipoff stating that Lode was attempting to escape to Mumbai via Akola. The local crime branch team acted on the tipoff and immediately dispatched a team that apprehended the accused at the Akola Bus Stand. He was taken into custody and promptly handed to the Korpana Police Station. The team headed by Kondawar comprised PI Balram Jhadokar, SI Vinod Burle, SI Madhukar Samalwar, and constables Dhanraj Karkade, Nitesh Mahatme, Jayant Chunarkar, Dinesh Arade, and Milind Tekam.

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