The Maharashtra Police have taken into custody a techie and a police sub-inspector in connection with the suicide of a government doctor in Satara district that sparked a political uproar in the state.

Prashant Banker, a software engineer, was arrested on Saturday morning, while Gopal Badane, the police officer, was held later in the evening. Both of them had been named in the suicide note the woman had allegedly written on her palm.

The doctor, hailing from Beed district and posted at a government hospital in Satara, had accused Badane of raping her multiple times and Banker of mental harassment.

However, giving a fresh twist to the case, the techie told police during the interrogation that the woman doctor used to harass him by insisting he marry her and maintain a physical relationsh

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