The three accused in Dr Payal Tadvi's suicide case — Hema Ahuja, Ankita Khandelwal and Bhakti Mehare — were sent to police custody for two days by the Sessions Court on Wednesday.

Advocate Nitin Satpute, counsel for the Tadvi family, has claimed that there were bruises on Payal's back, and has called this an attempt to cover up a murder by showing it as a suicide. Lawyer for the accused, Abad Ponda, rejected the claim saying the room in which Payal had committed suicide had been bolted from the inside. The court has remanded the accused in police custody till May 31.