“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).
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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.
