Police have arrested Sub-Inspector Gopal Badane in connection with the death of a woman government doctor in Maharashtra's Satara district, officials said.

Badane surrendered at the Phaltan Rural Police Station in Satara on Saturday (October 25, 2025) evening following which he was arrested, district Superintendent of Police Tushar Doshi said.

Earlier, on Saturday (October 25, 2025) morning, a team from the Phaltan police arrested software engineer Prashant Bankar , whom the doctor had named along with Badane in a note, from Pune.

Bankar, accused of mentally harassing the victim and facing abetment of suicide charge, was produced on Saturday (October 25, 2025) before a Satara district court which sent him to police custody for four days.

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