The 28-year-old woman doctor who allegedly died by suicide in Maharashtra’s Satara district had called one of the accused, a software engineer, shortly before taking the extreme step, and the two had also exchanged text messages, news agency PTI reported, quoting police, on Friday.

The doctor, posted at a government hospital in Phaltan Tehsil, was found dead inside a hotel room in the town on Thursday night. She hailed from Beed district.