Satara, Oct. 26 -- Police Sub-Inspector Gopal Badane, accused in the suicide case of a woman doctor from Phaltan, has been arrested by Phaltan City Police.
Badane had been absconding since the doctor's death but reportedly surrendered at Phaltan Rural Police Station late last night, police officials said. He was handed over to Phaltan City Police and, after a medical examination at the sub-district hospital, was formally arrested.
Badane is accused of sexually assaulting the woman doctor, who was allegedly under immense pressure to manipulate a postmortem report. Before taking her own life, the doctor had written the names of Gopal Badane and police constable Prashant Bankar on her hand.
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