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New Delhi, Oct 26 (IANS) In a significant development in the rape and suicide case of a female doctor in Maharashtra’s Satara district, police arrested sub-inspector Gopal Badane after he surrendered at Phaltan police station.
Badane, who is absconding since his suspension, is accused of repeatedly raping a female doctor and forcing her to commit suicide. He will be presented in the court on Sunday.
Earlier on Saturday, the police had arrested another accused, Prashant Bankar, son of the landlord of the deceased doctor. The banker has been accused of mentally harassing the doctor, whose name appeared alongside Badane’s in the four-page suicide note and message written on his palm before his death.
According to officials, the deceased was a government medical officer posted at Phaltan sub-district hospital in Satara. A native of Beed district, she was found hanging in a hotel room under mysterious circumstances late Thursday night.
Her suicide note accused Sub-Inspector Gopal Badane of raping her four times and Prashant Bankar of constant mental harassment. He also mentioned that a Member of Parliament (MP) and his personal assistants had pressured him to falsify the medical reports of persons accused in criminal cases.
Police confirmed that both the accused have been booked at Phaltan police station under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code. Satara Superintendent of Police Tushar Doshi said a detailed investigation is underway into the rape allegations, harassment claims and possible involvement of political figures.
The deceased doctor’s notes revealed that he had suffered physical and mental torture for more than five months. It also mentioned that she had filed 21 complaints with various authorities, but no effective action was taken. In one incident described in his note, the doctor claimed that an MP had threatened him over the phone after he refused to issue a false medical certificate.
His cousin also made similar allegations against the doctor of fudging medical certificates.
–IANS
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