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Fadnavis Confirms Phaltan Doctor’s Palm Note Was Hers, Orders Judicial Inquiry

A woman IPS officer now leads a judicial probe into alleged harassment by two men named in the note.

Overview

  • Addressing the Maharashtra Assembly, the chief minister said forensic analysis confirmed the handwriting was the doctor's and that she died by hanging, not strangulation.
  • Investigators found police sub-inspector Gopal Badane sexually exploited the doctor by promising marriage, and he has been dismissed from service.
  • The probe also found that software engineer Prashant Bankar cheated the doctor, and both men named in her note have been arrested, according to officials.
  • A judicial inquiry has been ordered to determine whether others were involved, with a Special Investigation Team led by a woman IPS officer continuing the case.
  • Fadnavis said the state will provide maximum assistance to the family but cannot offer a compassionate-ground job because the doctor was on an 11-month contract.