India, Oct. 26 -- Investigations into the death by suicide case of 29-year-old woman doctor posted at the Phaltan Sub-District Hospital has revealed that she was in a relationship with Prashant Bankar, a software engineer and son of her landlord, months before her death.

According to a senior police officer involved in the probe, the two had been close for several months, but the relationship reportedly turned sour in recent weeks, leading to tensions between them. The deceased doctor was staying as a tenant in a property owned by Bankar's father.

Bankar's sister, who urged not to be named, claimed that the doctor and her brother came closer again in the last month when Prashant was suffering from dengue and the same doctor treated him....