Suspended sub-inspector Gopal Badane, an accused in the death of a woman doctor in Maharashtra ’s Satara district, has been dismissed from service, officials said on Wednesday (November 5, 2025).

Mr. Badane was arrested after the 28-year-old doctor was found dead in Phaltan town of the district on the night of October 23.

While police called it a death by suicide, the doctor left a note, alleging that Mr. Badane had raped her multiple times. In the same note, she had also accused a techie named Prashant Bankar for physically and mentally harassing her.

The Satara police have said in a statement that Mr. Badane was accused of “unethical and indecent and irresponsible behaviour by misusing his position”. His actions were described as unbecoming of a police officer and detrimental to t

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