Overview
- Maharashtra’s chief minister directed the DGP to constitute a Special Investigation Team under a woman IPS officer, with officials indicating the process is underway.
- The young doctor was found dead in a Phaltan hotel room in late October, with a note on her palm alleging repeated rape by sub-inspector Gopal Badane and mental harassment by Prashant Bankar.
- Police have arrested Badane and Bankar in connection with the case, and the investigation continues.
- According to The Indian Express citing sources, the SIT route was chosen after names of Satara police personnel surfaced, to insulate the probe from pressure.
- Opposition parties escalated demands for accountability, targeting former BJP MP Ranjitsinh Naik Nimbalkar even as Fadnavis said there is no evidence against him and the Congress pressed for his arrest.