2025年10月23日，印度馬哈拉施特拉邦發生一起令人震驚的悲劇性事件：一名女醫生因長期遭受警方性侵及精神虐待，最終在工作場所——帕爾坦分區醫院——自殺身亡。死者在自殺前，甚至在左手掌上寫下遺書，控訴施暴者的惡行，事件隨後在印度社會引起廣泛關注與憤怒。

據了解，死者生前在帕爾坦分區醫院擔任醫療官。自2025年6月起，她多次遭到警察副督察戈帕爾·巴達內的性侵及身心虐待，同時還遭到軟件工程師班卡爾的精神騷擾。面對持續的迫害，她曾於6月19日向有關部門提交申訴信，但未得到任何有效回應。隨著壓力和絕望累積，她最終選擇結束自己的生命。

死者在遺書中明確指控巴達內，揭露施暴過程中存在的濫權行為，更指出當地部分政客曾施壓，強迫她篡改醫療報告以掩蓋事實。事件曝光後，引發印度社會的廣泛輿論關注，民眾對司法和警察體系的公正性提出強烈質疑。隨後，當局立即對巴達內進行停職處理，並成立專案組追查班卡爾。後者於10月25日被警方抓捕，案件正在進一步調查之中。

這起事件並非孤立案例，印度近年來已發生多起類似的惡性事件。例如，2024年8月，加爾各答一名女實習醫生遭遇奸殺案，主犯桑杰·羅伊於2025年1月被判處終身監禁且不得假釋。然而，受害者家屬及公眾對案件中可能存在共犯提出質疑，案件司法爭議持續發酵，凸顯印度在性別暴力、警察濫權及司法保護方面存在的制度性問題。

此事件不僅揭示印度部分地區女性在職場面臨的極端安全風險，也引發社會對警察濫權、性暴力防治、以及受害者保護機制的深入討論。公眾普遍呼籲，政府和相關部門應加強對職場性騷擾與性侵行為的嚴厲監督與懲治，並建立更完善的受害者保護與舉報渠道，以防止悲劇再次發生。

On October 23, 2025, a tragic and shocking incident occurred in Maharashtra, India, when a female doctor, after enduring repeated sexual assaults and psychological abuse, took her own life at her workplace—the Partan Sub-District Hospital. In a final act of protest and desperation, she wrote a note on her left palm, explicitly accusing her abusers, an act that quickly drew widespread attention and outrage across Indian society.

The victim had served as a medical officer at the hospital. Beginning in June 2025, she was repeatedly sexually assaulted and psychologically tortured by Deputy Police Inspector Gopal Badane, while also being subjected to mental harassment by software engineer Bankal. On June 19, she submitted a formal complaint detailing the abuse, but received no response. Faced with relentless harassment and despair, she ultimately decided to end her life.

In her suicide note, the doctor directly accused Badane and exposed instances of abuse of power, including claims that local politicians had pressured her to falsify medical reports. The case quickly became a focal point of public attention, prompting widespread debate over the accountability of law enforcement and government institutions. Following the exposure, authorities suspended Badane and established a special task force to apprehend Bankal, who was subsequently arrested on October 25. Investigations into the case are ongoing.

This incident is not isolated. India has witnessed several similar high-profile cases of sexual violence against women in professional settings. For example, in August 2024, a female medical intern in Kolkata was brutally murdered, with the main perpetrator, Sanjay Roy, sentenced to life imprisonment without parole in January 2025. However, the victim’s family and public raised concerns about possible accomplices, leading to continuing judicial controversies. Such cases highlight systemic issues in India regarding gender-based violence, police misconduct, and the adequacy of legal protections for victims.

The Maharashtra case underscores the extreme risks women face in professional environments and has sparked broader discussions on preventing sexual abuse, holding perpetrators accountable, and strengthening support and reporting mechanisms for victims. Public sentiment strongly calls for stricter enforcement, enhanced oversight, and comprehensive measures to protect women in workplaces, aiming to prevent similar tragedies in the future.