Nagpur, 09 Dec (HS): A committee headed by a retired

judge will be appointed to enquire about the suicide by a doctor in Faltan Rural

Hospital in Satara district, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis

assured in the Vidhan Sabha. The state government is committed to the security

of women, he added.

Replying to a question by Amit Satam, Fadnavis

informed the House that enquiry against all suspects in the case is in

progress. The writing on the suicide note was of the victim and those named in

it have been arrested for sexual and mental harassment. The accused were issued

certificate as ‘Unift’ by the victim five months ago. The CCTV footage was also

made available to the police to check who else visited her during the period,

Fadnavis said.

Referring to suicide by a girl student in Koregaon Park in Pune, Fadnavis

informed that in-depth enquiry into the case is in progress. Certain additions

in the Shakti Act have been made without

violation of the Supreme Court directives.

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Hindusthan Samachar / Ajay Vasant Mardikar