After allegedly being sexually assaulted by a sub-inspector and subjected to physical and psychological abuse by her landlord's son for four to five months, a 29-year-old physician who worked at a government hospital in the Satara district of Maharashtra committed herself.
On Thursday night, October 23, the doctor was discovered hanging in a hotel room; her body was later retrieved.

When she was discovered dead, a Marathi-language letter on her palm that Hindustan Times was able to view claimed that Gopal Badane, a sub-inspector at the Phaltan City police station, had raped her four times.

Additionally, an investigating officer disclosed that the victim and the now-suspended sub-inspector were related and from Beed.
Additionally, the statement claimed that she was subjected to ongoing physical and psychological abuse by Prashant Bankar, who was taken into custody on Saturday.
The victim was employed under contract as a medical professional at a government hospital in the Phaltan neighbourhood of Satara. The victim's body has been sent for a post-mortem examination, and both of the accused have been booked.
According to Satara Superintendent of Police Tushar Doshi, a formal case has been filed against both of the accused on allegations of rape and aiding and abetting suicide, based on the doctor's family's complaint.The victim was coerced into creating false medical records.
A cousin of the doctor claims that she was under pressure from the police and political officials because she had refused to issue "medically fit" certificates for several individuals who had been arrested. Additionally, he said that she was under pressure to write "wrong" post-mortem reports. He claimed that they were also forcing his sister to write fit/unfit reports of the patients without actually taking them to the hospital.
He claims that she also named three police officers, including the one who allegedly raped her, in a complaint she made against them earlier this year in June and July.

A Satara police official refuted these claims, stating that she had complained about something at the time, but it was "related to a different thing."
According to a top police official who spoke to news agency PTI, the doctor had texted one of the accused, Bankar, before reportedly taking his own life. The landlord of the doctor is the father of Bankar.
A storm of politics
With the state's opposition Congress attacking the ruling Mahayuti government and accusing it of "failing" to safeguard women, the issue has descended into a political maelstrom.

"Women have not been adequately protected by the Fadnavis-led government," Congress spokesperson Sachin Sawant stated.
Sushma Andhare, the spokesperson for Uddhav Thackeray's Shiv Sena, insisted that an independent special investigating team (SIT) be established to look into the matter.
Nonetheless, Devendra Fadnavis, the chief minister of Maharashtra, ordered the police to prosecute the offenders severely.