Doctor ends life, suicide note on palm claims cop raped her

In Maharashtra, a woman doctor working at a government hospital in Satara district has died by suicide, leaving a note on her palm, accusing two cops of rape and mental harassment, police said on Friday. Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis spoke to the Satara superintendent of police, ordering immediate suspension of the police officers named in the suicide note. Fadnavis, who also holds the Home portfolio, has directed that strict action be taken against the accused, an official release said.

The 28-year-old doctor, who hailed from Beed district and worked at a government hospital in Phaltan tehsil, was found hanging in a hotel room at Phaltan late on Thursday night, an official said. In a suicide note written on her palm, the doctor alleged that she had been raped and mentally harassed by two personnel of the Satara police over the last five months.She wrote that sub-inspector Gopal Badane raped and sexually harassed her on multiple occasions, and another policeman Prashant Bankar mentally harassed her. "We have registered a case, and the body has been sent for post-mortem. We are also investigating the allegations mentioned in the suicide note on the victim's hand," Tushar Doshi, SP Satara police said.

#WATCH | Maharashtra | On a woman doctor's death, allegedly by suicide, Satara District SP Tushar Doshi says, "A woman doctor committed suicide. A note was found written on her palm naming two people, including a police official. A case has been registered against them under… pic.twitter.com/BD42ZJTKqS

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Maharashtra Women's Commission chief Rupali Chakankar said, "We have taken cognisance of the matter and ordered Satara Police to take strict action against the accused.” Meanwhile, a relative of the doctor claimed that there was pressure on medical officials to change the post mortem report