Overview
- IPS officer Tejaswi Satpute has been ordered to take immediate charge, visit Satara, and submit regular progress reports on the case.
- Police Sub-Inspector Gopal Badane and software engineer Prashant Bankar have been arrested on charges including rape and abetment to suicide, and Badane has been suspended.
- Rural Development Minister Jaykumar Gore claimed mobile chats suggest a 'serious triangle', a characterization the Satara Superintendent of Police Tushar Doshi rejected.
- The victim’s family and some opposition leaders question whether the palm note was written by the doctor, calling for a broader, transparent investigation.
- Resident doctors held protests across Maharashtra and MARD announced a statewide strike on November 3–4 to press for a speedy, impartial inquiry and stronger safeguards for doctors.