India, Oct. 25 -- Maharashtra deputy CM Eknath Shinde promised "stringent action" against those found responsible for the suicide of a woman government doctor in Satara district as the BJP-led Mahayuti government faces shar attack from the Opposition over the case.

"It is a very unfortunate incident," Shinde told reporters in Delhi. He said he had spoken to the local superintendent of police (SP). "I have asked the SP to take stringent action in this case," he said, as per news agency ANI.

Relatives of the doctor, who died by suicide allegedly after rape and harassment, have demanded death penalty for the two men named by her in a note, including a cop.

Amid investigation in the case, reports have surfaced of the deceased also leaving ...