29-year-old medical officer left note naming accused; pressure to issue fake medical reports also alleged

A 29-year-old doctor working at a government hospital in Maharashtra’s Satara district died by suicide after allegedly facing rape, harassment and sustained pressure to falsify medical reports. Her body was found hanging in a hotel room in Phaltan on Thursday night, October 23.

A message written on her palm in Marathi accused sub-inspector Gopal Badane of Phaltan City police station of raping her four times. Badane, who is now suspended, is said to be a relative of the victim from Beed district. The doctor also accused her landlord’s son, Prashant Bankar, of mentally and physically harassing her for the past four to five months.

She was employed as a medical officer on contract at a

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