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Satara Doctor Case: Congress Seeks SIT as Police Examine New CCTV and Send Suspended PSI’s Phone for Forensics

Opposition leaders press for an independent, judicially supervised inquiry.

Overview

  • Rahul Gandhi spoke to the family and said he would press the government to constitute a Special Investigation Team.
  • Satara Police recovered suspended PSI Gopal Badane’s mobile phone via a relative and sent it for forensic analysis while handwriting samples were dispatched to experts.
  • New CCTV reviewed by investigators shows the doctor arriving, signing in and entering the hotel room alone, with the door later found locked from the inside, police said.
  • Both men named by the doctor — PSI Badane for alleged repeated rape and software engineer Prashant Bankar for mental harassment — were arrested on October 25.
  • The family alleges the doctor’s phone was unlocked after her death using her fingerprint and data was deleted, as medical groups and opposition parties demand an SIT under judicial oversight.