The BYL Nair Hospital and TN Medical College seems to be trying to brush the alleged caste-based harassment meted out to Dr Payal Tadvi under the carpet. A report by the college’s anti-ragging committee finds the accused trio of seniors guilty of ‘ill-treatment and harassment that amounts to ragging’ but makes no mention of the casteist slur they have been accused of using against Dr Tadvi.

The report was submitted on May 28, without any mention of Dr Tadvi being harassed over her caste by the three accused, Dr Hema Ahuja, Dr Bhakti Mehare and Dr Ankita Khandelwal, despite evidence pointing to it. Under point 2 in the seven-page report, one of Dr Tadvi’s batchmates, Dr Snehal Shinde, even requested the review of the WhatsApp group of resident doctors that would prove the harassment. Dr Tadvi’s mother Abida Salim also referred to the same group chat, which mid-day had reported about on May 27 in, ‘Behind PG medico’s suicide, constant barbs in WA groups’.