Overview
- The NCP’s Supriya Sule met the deceased doctor’s relatives in Beed and called for a Special Investigation Team led by a retired judge to ensure transparency.
- Sule questioned how the case’s call detail records were leaked and criticized what she called insensitive statements by government representatives.
- She said party MP Bajrang Sonawane will brief Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Delhi on the case.
- Police earlier arrested sub-inspector Gopal Badane and software engineer Prashant Bankar after a palm-written note alleged repeated rape and mental harassment.
- An official said Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis directed the DGP to constitute an SIT under a woman IPS officer, as opposition leaders press for higher-level oversight.