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“The police on Saturday (October 25, 2025) detained one person in connection with the alleged death of a 28-year-old woman doctor in Maharashtra‘s Satara district,” an official said.
“The police have detained Prashant Bankar, one of the two men the doctor had named in a note written on her palm,” he said.
The doctor, hailing from Beed district and posted at a government hospital, was found dead in a hotel room in Phaltan of Satara district on Thursday night (October 23, 2025).
In a note written on her palm, she alleged that sub-inspector Gopal Badane raped her on multiple occasions, while Bankar, a software engineer, mentally harassed her.
“A case was registered against the duo at the Phaltan city police station. One of the accused, Bankar, has been detained. The investigation is under way,” the official said.
According to the police, sub-inspector Badane was suspended from service after his name came up during the probe.
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Published – October 25, 2025 11:23 am IST
