With newer details emerging about what exactly transpired in the months leading to Dr Payal Tadvi's suicide, the role of Dr Ching Ling, former unit head at Nair Hospital's Gynaecology department, has come under a cloud of suspicion. Dr Ling has been accused of ignoring Dr Tadvi's complaints of harassment. In an interview to mid-day, Dr Ling refutes the allegations and insists she had taken 'urgent action' on May 13.

She also insisted that Dr Tadvi had never made a written complaint nor could she or her relatives provide any solid evidence of caste-based harassment. Dr Ching Ling also detailed the proceedings of the unit meeting she had called on May 14, the day after Payal's husband Dr Salman Tadvi and her mother complained to her about the harassment.