Overview
- Special IG Sunil Phulari ordered PSI Gopal Badane’s dismissal under Article 311(2)(b), effective November 4.
- A suicide note written on the doctor’s hand named Badane and software engineer Prashant Bankar, and both were arrested.
- Police registered offences that include rape and abetment to suicide, and the post-mortem cited death by hanging with no external injuries.
- Investigators have retrieved call detail records and are searching for Badane’s reportedly hidden mobile phone as potential evidence.
- The state women’s commission noted the victim’s last message to Bankar and a dispute the previous day, while opposition leaders demanded a wider probe.