Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday (October 26, 2025) termed as "institutionalised murder" the death of a woman government doctor in Maharashtra's Satara district, and said her death exposes the "inhuman and insensitive " nature of the BJP-led government.

The doctor, hailing from Beed district in the Marathwada region of central Maharashtra and posted at a government hospital in Satara district, was found dead in a hotel room in Phaltan town on Thursday (October 23, 2025) night.

She alleged in a note that police Sub-Inspector Gopal Badane raped her on multiple occasions, while software engineer Prashant Bankar mentally harassed her.

In a post in Hindi on X, Mr. Gandhi said the death of the doctor in Satara after facing rape and harassment is a tragedy that shakes the conscien

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