Maharashtra opposition leaders on Friday demanded an independent investigation into the suspected suicide of a 28-year-old woman doctor , who alleged sexual assault by a police officer in her "final note."

The doctor, hailing from Beed district and posted at a government hospital in Phaltan, was found hanging in a hotel room on Thursday night.

In the suicide note written on her palm, the doctor alleged that Police Sub-Inspector Gopal Badane raped her five times, while Police Inspector Prashant Bankar harassed and mentally tortured her over a period of four months.

The note has been sent for a forensic audit and a case of abetment of suicide has been registered against both the accused, according to police.

The doctor's relatives have alleged that she faced constant pressure and threa

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