A woman doctor of a government hospital allegedly committed suicide in Maharashtra’s Satara district, leaving behind a note accusing two police personnel of rape and mental harassment, police said Friday.

The victim was found hanging in a hotel room in Phaltan late Thursday night, following which the police were alerted, an official said.

The deceased was a native of Beed district and worked at a government hospital in Phaltan tehsil, the official said.

Taking cognisance of the incident, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis spoke to the Satara superintendent of police, ordering the immediate suspension of the police officers named by the woman doctor in her suicide note.

Fadnavis, who also holds the Home Department portfolio, instructed that strict action be taken against all the accused

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