Mumbai: A day after the tragic suicide of a 28-year-old government doctor in Satara district, Maharashtra, police on Friday made a key arrest in connection with the case that has sparked outrage across the state.

The Phaltan police have arrested Prashant Bankar, a software engineer and son of the doctor’s landlord, who was named in her suicide note for alleged mental harassment. A police sub-inspector, Gopal Badane, accused of repeated rape in the same note, has been suspended and is currently under detention for questioning, officials confirmed. ADVERTISEMENT

Maharashtra deputy CM Eknath Shinde has promised “stringent action” against those found responsible for the suicide of a woman government doctor. The BJP-led Mahayuti government is facing sharp attack from the Opposition over the

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