Overview
- The accused police sub-inspector, identified as Gopal Badane, surrendered at Phaltan Rural police station and was arrested after being named in a note written on the doctor’s palm.
- Software engineer Prashant Bankar was arrested Friday night at a friend’s farmhouse near Pune and has been remanded to four days’ police custody on abetment to suicide and harassment allegations.
- The 29-year-old government-contracted doctor was found hanging in a Phaltan hotel room, and investigators say she had recent phone contact with Bankar on October 23.
- Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said related police officers have been suspended and promised strict action, while police indicate further arrests are possible as the probe continues.
- More than 8,000 resident doctors protested in Mumbai demanding a CID or SIT inquiry, as the family alleged political interference and repeated sexual assault by a police officer, claims not independently confirmed by authorities.