The police on Saturday arrested a software engineer in connection with the alleged suicide of a 28-year-old woman doctor in Satara district, an official said. A team from the Phaltan police arrested Prashant Bankar from Pune. He is one of the two men the doctor had named in a suicide note written on her palm.

Accused Sent to Police Custody

Bankar, accused of mentally harassing the victim and now facing an abetment of suicide charge, was produced before a Satara district court, which remanded him to four days’ police custody.

Doctor Found Dead in Phaltan Hotel

The victim, a native of Beed in the Marathwada region, was posted at a government hospital in Satara district. She was found hanging in a hotel room in Phaltan town on Thursday night, police said.

Serious Allegations in Suicide N

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