The post-mortem report of the doctor, whose suicide following alleged rape has led to the arrest of two men, including a police officer, in Maharashtra, has cited 'asphyxia due to hanging' as cause of death, a senior police official said on Tuesday.

The 28-year-old doctor, posted at a government hospital in Satara district in western Maharashtra, was found hanging in a hotel in Phaltan town on October 23. She left behind a suicide note written on her palm, alleging police sub-inspector (SI) Gopal Badane raped her on multiple occasions, while Prashant Bankar, a software engineer, mentally harassed her, police have said.

The physician's post-mortem was conducted at a state-run hospital, where her viscera (internal organs) have been preserved and they will be sent for chemical analysis at a

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