Ten days after a young woman doctor ended her life in Maharashtra’s Satara district, NCP-SP MP Supriya Sule on Monday met her family in Beed, urging Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis to act “sensitively” and demanded that he set up a Special Investigation Team (SIT), appointing a retired judge to head the team and conduct a fair inquiry.
While visiting the family, along with NCP MP Bajrang Sonawane and party youth wing president Maheboob Shaikh, Ms. Sule questioned, “How only selective information was leaked in public domain? We will ensure no political pressure gets in the way of the investigation. Such dirty politics has no place in the State. We trust in Chief Minister, so I request him not to give any clean chit.”
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She said Mr. Sonawane would meet Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Delhi on this matter. On October 23, the 29-year-old doctor allegedly ended her life, leaving behind a handwritten note, blaming sub-inspector Gopal Badane of raping her on multiple occasions and software engineer, Prashant Bankar, of mentally harassing her. Both have been arrested.
Meanwhile, the doctors’ association, stressed the need for “urgent systemic reforms” to ensure the mental well-being of doctors serving in government healthcare institutions.
