Overview
- Rahul Gandhi spoke with the bereaved family and pledged to press for a Special Investigation Team, while Maharashtra Congress demanded the arrest of former BJP MP Ranjitsinh Naik Nimbalkar.
- A relative surrendered suspended PSI Gopal Badane’s phone, which police said has been recovered and sent for forensic analysis, with handwriting samples also submitted to experts.
- Investigators said CCTV shows the doctor entering the hotel room alone and no visitors recorded, and initial findings indicate death by hanging.
- The family alleges the victim’s phone was unlocked using her fingerprint after her death and that crucial data was deleted, renewing demands for an independent probe.
- The Maharashtra Association of Resident Doctors launched a protest urging the case be moved to an SIT under judicial supervision as political criticism of the state women’s commission intensified.