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New Delhi: The suicide case of the 29-year-old doctor in a hotel room in Satara district on October 24 has created a storm in Maharashtra, and now, her uncle has opened up about the emotional turmoil the family is facing after the tragic death, according to a report by The Indian Express.
The shell-shocked family of the deceased doctor is mourning her death in a dilapidated two-story house in a Beed village. There, a paternal uncle told The Indian Express, “Since her sudden death, all of us are in a state of shock. We don’t feel up to interacting with visitors and answering the same questions over and over again.”
On October 24, the doctor had checked into a hotel in Satara district at night, and on the next morning, the hotel staff discovered her body, as per police report. She wrote a note on her left palm, accusing Gopal Badane, a Beed-based sub-inspector, of rape. In the scribbled note, she also accused her landlord’s son, Prashant Bankar, of harassing her sexually and mentally. The police have arrested both of them.
In June this year, she had submitted a complaint letter to the Satara DSP, and it surfaced after her death. There, she alleged that the aides of a former MP pressured her to “change” the medical certificate of a contractor who was arrested for financial fraud.
The doctor's family wants a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to investigate the case. Her uncle told The Indian Express, “Let the truth come out,” while her paternal cousin said, “The authorities concerned did not take cognizance of her June complaint. She had expected that her complaint would be taken seriously. But senior officers ignored it and started a probe against her instead.”
However, Satara Civil Surgeon Dr Yuvraj Karpe has denied the accusation and said that she was asked to cooperate with the police while the allegations were being probed. He said, "Everything was normal after that."
Her cousin said, “She always dreamt of becoming a doctor. Like me, she was inspired by the other doctors in the family." He said that during their last phone conversation on October 19, they talked about her post-graduation. During the conversation, she told him about the pressure on her. He said, "I think she felt helpless, frustrated, and rejected by the system. She has mentioned clearly in her (complaint) letter that if anything happens to her, the police should be held responsible. She felt let down by the entire system." Now, her shell-shocked family wants justice for the girl who dreamt of becoming a doctor.
