Overview
- Police have arrested PSI Gopal Badane and software engineer Prashant Bankar named on the palm note; Badane has been remanded to police custody till October 30 on charges including rape and abetment of suicide.
- Preliminary post‑mortem findings indicate death by suicide by hanging, while investigators review call records and messages showing recent contact with Bankar and no communication with Badane after March.
- Officials outlined the doctor’s final hours, describing a Diwali‑day dispute over photographs at Bankar’s home followed by her moving to a lodge and sending late‑night messages about taking an extreme step.
- Relatives allege delayed autopsy and a possible missing note, claim pressure on the doctor to alter postmortems and fitness certificates, and point to earlier written complaints now under scrutiny.
- The case has escalated into a political confrontation, with CM Devendra Fadnavis defending BJP leaders named in prior letters and Opposition figures calling for resignations and an external probe.