Police detain accused named by Maharashtra doctor in her suicide note
Pune (PTI): The police on Saturday detained one person in connection with the alleged suicide of a 28-year-old woman doctor in Maharashtra's Satara district, an official said.
The police have detained Prashant Bankar, one of the two men the doctor had named in the suicide note written on her palm, he said.
The doctor, hailing from Beed district and posted at a government hospital, was found hanging in a hotel room in Phaltan of Satara district on Thursday night.
In the suicide note written on her palm, she alleged that sub-inspector Gopal Badane raped her on multiple occasions, while Bankar, a software engineer, mentally harassed her.
"A case was registered against the duo at the Phaltan city police station. One of the accused, Bankar, has been detained. The investigation is underway," the official said.
According to the police, sub-inspector Badane was suspended from service after his name came up during the probe.
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PM Modi should scrap “anti-farmer” trade deal with US, says Rahul Gandhi
Bhopal (PTI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi should scrap the Indo-US trade deal, which he described as being against the interests of Indian farmers.
“After the US Supreme Court ruling on the trade deal, I challenge PM Modi to scrap it,” Gandhi said, addressing the ‘Kisan Mahachaupal’ farmers rally in Bhopal.
“The Indo-US trade deal is against the interests of our farmers, and done by PM Modi under pressure,” the Congress leader said.
Gandhi said he was not allowed to speak in the Lok Sabha after the President’s address.
On former army chief Gen Naravane’s memoir, Gandhi said the decision to go to war is a political decision, and not a military one.
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