Overview
- Police Sub-Inspector Gopal Badane surrendered at Faltan Rural Police Station and was arrested, hours after software engineer Prashant Bankar was detained near Pune.
- FIRs were registered for rape and abetment to suicide based on the doctor's allegations, including a message written on her hand, and a court remanded Bankar to four days of police custody.
- Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis called the case very serious and said implicated officers were suspended, while the family alleged an MP tried to influence the probe, a claim not confirmed by police.
- Thousands of resident doctors protested under MARD across the state, demanding that a CID or SIT take over the investigation.
- In a separate case in Bidar, Karnataka, 27-year-old Vishnu died after an alleged assault by a married woman's family, with two suspects arrested as the widely shared video prompted a police investigation.