During the question hour in the Vidhan Sabha, Fadnavis said, "An SIT has been appointed to investigate the Nashik doctor's suicide case. The forensic report has confirmed that the suicide note written on the doctor's hand was indeed written by her."
Special IG, Kolhapur range, Maharashtra, has dismissed the accused, suspended Police Sub-Inspector (PSI) Gopal Badane, from the service in connection with the Satara woman doctor suicide case.
This comes a day after Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis directed the Director General of Police (DGP) to form an SIT to probe the Satara-Phaltan doctor suicide case.
According to sources, the SIT will be formed under the leadership of a woman IPS officer to investigate the alleged suicide of a doctor based in Satara's Phaltan.
A woman doctor died by suicide in Maharashtra's Satara last week after alleged sexual assault and mental harassment by a police official and two others.
Speaking to ANI, the cousin of the deceased doctor claimed that she had been subjected to harassment for more than a year and was being pressured to manipulate official reports.
Satara Police arrested two persons, Police Sub-Inspector Gopal Badne and Prashant Bankar, in connection with the case. A case was registered against the accused duo under charges of rape and abetment to suicide. The Police Sub-Inspector Badne named in the note was suspended following this
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Sunday hit back at Congress MP Rahul Gandhi for calling Satara doctor's alleged suicide an "institutionalised murder", alleging Congress of politicising the case.
Speaking to ANI, Tushar Doshi said, "Absconding accused PSI Gopal Badne appeared at the Phaltan Rural Police Station late last night. We will present him before the court today and conduct further proceedings."
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday targeted the BJP-led Mahayuti government of Maharashtra over the alleged suicide of a woman government doctor in Satara district, terming the incident not just a suicide but rather an institutionalised murder.
Satara District SP Tushar Doshi confirmed the arrest of the second accused in the doctor rape case. Suspended PSI Gopal Badne was arrested on Sunday after he surrendered before the Satara police.