India, Oct. 29 -- Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday spoke to the family of the 28-year-old woman doctor who was found dead in a hotel room in Satara district on October 23 and pledged his party's support to their demand for the constitution of a special investigation team (SIT) to probe her death.

"We will exert pressure on the government to form a special investigation team (SIT) for investigation of this case," Gandhi told the family during the phone conversation on Wednesday. Maharashtra Congress president Harshwadhan Sapkal had called on the family in Beed district's Kavdagav to meet the family of the woman doctor and handed his phone to the family with Rahul Gandhi on the line.

An autopsy report has indicated "asphyxia due ...