Phaltan doctor found dead, note accuses sub-inspector and civilian

A 28-year-old government doctor was found dead in an apparent suicide in a hotel room in Phaltan town in Satara district on Thursday night after leaving a note on her palm that accused two men of assault and harassment, police said. The woman, identified by officials as Dr Sampada Munde and posted at the Phaltan subdistrict hospital, named Sub-Inspector Gopal Badane of the Satara police and a civilian, Prashant Bankar, in the message, according to investigators.

Police said the body was discovered late on Thursday and taken for postmortem. In the brief written on her palm, the doctor alleged that Badane raped her on multiple occasions and that Bankar mentally harassed her over several months. Authorities have registered a case at the Phaltan city police station for alleged assault and abetment to suicide and are investigating the claims contained in the note, a Satara police official said. "We have registered a case, and the body has been sent for postmortem. We are also investigating the allegations mentioned in the suicide note on the victim's hand," the official said.

Following the complaint, police suspended Sub-Inspector Badane and launched a search for him, officials said....