Constant barbs in WhatsApp groups led to Mumbai doctor's suicide

While the trio of senior students from the Topiwala National Medical college accused of bullying and harassing another postgraduate student Dr Payal Tadvi are still absconding new evidence of their bullying has emerged In WhatsApp chats accessed by midday the seniors are seen regularly sending humiliating messages to Dr Payal on a group they were all a part of The group chats show how the trio vented their anger on Dr Payal and her friend Snehal These have been submitted to the police in the ongoing investigation into Dr Payals suicideDr Payals mother Abeda told midday the alleged tormenters used to insult her daughter on WhatsApp My daughter always behaved politely with her seniors She had secured good marks in her practical exams and Id seen how friendly she was with her patients The accused doctors humiliated my daughter she used to give me details of her ordealSome of the chats exchanged by the student doctors on the WhatsApp groupFollowing Dr Payals suicide on May 22 her parents filed an FIR against the three seniors Dr Hema Ahuja Dr Bhakti Mehare and Dr Ankita Khandelwal They are still absconding Dr Payals parents said before handing over her phone to the police they had taken several screenshots of the chats on the group which clearly show how their daughter was harassed by the other doctors on various occasionsAlso ReadMSF Jawan shoots himself with service rifle at Vile ParleThe messages are from a group called Reminders The trio would constantly taunt Payal over something or the other If she did not respond to their medical queries regarding patients they would call her unprofessional In one of the screenshots Dr Bhakti wrote Payal at least tell her from whom she should get the scan done Why arent you answering calls Snehal has switched off her phone too You think Im asking you to get the scans and XRays done because Ive brought the patients frommy homeIn another chat Dr Hema said By the way a patient from ward no 5 who has fever had called but madam Payals phone is not reachable and Snehal has switched off her phone In this chat they claimed Dr Payal would ask her juniors to do the work and threatened to complain to one Rajeshwari maam about the same The three of them also said Payal and Snehal used to make several mistakes in their workIn one more chat Dr Hema remarked As usual Payal is being escapist After reading all the chats she will run away tomorrow just the way she had earlier All of these chats are part of the investigations now Deepak Kundal ACP Agripada division said We are still investigating the case There has been no major development as suchAlso ReadMumbai crime Popular salon stylist groped me says actressMeanwhile Abeda said they are planning on protesting outside the police station Four days have passed and the accused continue to freely roam outside Residents of our housing society have planned a protest outside the police station this week We will do it on Tuesday if the cops have still not arrested any of the accusedAlso readMumbai Medical student commits suicide after casteist slurs by seniorsPayal is an escapistTranslations of the chats submitted to copsHema Payal puts fake bpAnkita Thats whatBhakti Payal isnt courteous enough to do something herself if she knows that one is unable to do the scanHema Is this how youll teach your juniorsBhakti That bechari has gone and sat in the usgAnkita Arre shes a senior nowHema Dont even ask anyone about the fake hb haemoglobinAnkita Were juniors to this dayBhakti you know what happened yesterday This one called for a fake bp that too for a patient in labourHema 77 hb has been made into 10Ankita Haan maam should be told about thisBhakti Snehal switched off her phone after being told about her workAnkita Lets tell maam about this tomorrowtheyd put incomplete orders even todayHema As usual Payal is an escapist After reading this she will run away tomorrow just the way she did beforeAnkita Just adds fake rounds in her terrible handwritingBhakti They havent even given her any sort of orientationshe keeps getting handed workHemaif the inj FCM says 1 gm she puts 500Hema Arre do they have even the slightest of brains to know how much FCM has to be givenwhy are they giving HMAnkita What is going to happen to LR under themHema Arre weve said multiple times that we should tell maambut she runs awaydont you know thisA look at some screenshots of the WhatsApp chats that are part of the police investigationCatch up on all the latest Mumbai news crime news current affairs and also a complete guide on Mumbai from food to things to do and events across the city here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updates