Maharashtra doctor’s rape and suicide: Suspended cop sent to custody

KOLHAPUR: The police officer who had surrendered after his name came up in the alleged rape and suicide of a doctor in Maharashtra earlier this week was on Sunday remanded in police custody till Oct 30 by a local court at Phaltan, where the woman worked at the sub-district hospital. While the death came to light on Thursday night (Oct 23), the police sub-inspector, whose name, along with that of another man, was found written in a note on the doctor’s palm, surrendered himself before the Phaltan rural police late Saturday night. Early Saturday morning, the police had arrested the other man, who is the techie son of the doctor’s landlord, from a farmhouse in Pune. The court ordered his custodial remand for four days.

Satara SP Tushar Doshi told TOI, “We are yet to recover his (the cop’s) mobile phone. He is making contradictory claims over the whereabouts of the phone, which would be crucial evidence in this case.” Leader of opposition Rahul Gandhiposted on X saying the incident exposed the “inhuman and insensitive” face of BJP-led govt in the state.