Mumbai doctor suicide: Three accused sent to police custody till May 31

A special court in Mumbai on Wednesday remanded three senior women doctors arrested for allegedly abetting the suicide of a Dr Payal Tadvi by passing casteist slurs at her at a staterun hospital in Mumbai in police custody till May 31The accused identified as Bhakti Mehere Hema Ahuja and Ankita Khandelwal were booked after their 26yearold colleague Payal Tadvi at B Y L Nair Hospital in Mumbai allegedly hanged herself at her hostel room on May 22Additional Sessions Judge R M Sadrani remanded the three accused in police custody till May 31 after accepting the prosecutions arguments seeking their custody for interrogation to ascertain if they misplaced or destroyed Payal Tadvis purported suicide noteThe accused have been booked under provisions of the Scheduled Castes and Tribes Prevention of Atrocities Act the AntiRagging Act the IT Act and section 306 abetment to suicide of the Indian Penal CodeEarlier Tadvis parents protested at the hospital in Mumbai where she worked Other protesters also joined her mother Abeda and husband Salman demanding stringent action against the three seniors The Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi and other Dalit and tribal organisations also held protests outside the hospital The deceaseds mother sought to know whether the government would take responsibility for the safety of students like her daughter who are pursuing higher educationPayal used to tell me about the torture which she was facing by her seniors on petty issues They threw files on her face in front of patients She used to tell me not to give a written complaint against her seniors despite being harassed by them She would say that doing so would adversely impact their career Abeda saidThe distraught mother claimed Tadvi would have been the first woman MD doctor of medicine from their community The deceaseds husband who is also a doctor said it was possible that Payal was murdered by the three women doctors The state womens commission also took cognisance of the matter and issued a notice to the hospital authorities On Tuesday it wrote a letter to the Mumbai police commissioner seeking a thorough investigation in the caseThe antiragging committee of Nair Hospital also submitted its report in Tadvis suicide case to the Maharashtra University of Health Sciences State minister for Medical Education Girish Mahajan visited the hospital on Tuesday and met the protesters and parents of the victimThe Mumbai Congress demanded that all the three doctors booked in the case be tried in a fasttrack court terming Tadvis suicide as unfortunate and a serious issue Shiv Sena spokesperson Neelam Gorhe said those accused of abetting Tadvis suicide should be booked under IPC section 302 murder He said the issue would be raised in the state legislature session starting from June 17The three accused on Monday sought a fair probe in the case In a letter to the Maharashtra Association of Resident Doctors MARD the accused said they wanted the college to conduct a fair probe in the matter and give justice to them The MARD has suspended the three doctorswith inputs from PTITop News Stories Of The DayMumbai doctors suicide Did the accused remove her suicide note ask familyNair Hospitals firstyear PG student Worked 24 hours six more hours to goMumbai doctors suicide All 3 accused arrested likely to be produced in court todayMumbai doctors suicide Make central antiragging law more stringent says stateMumbai Crime 46yearold rape accused who fled from hospital arrested in GujaratMumbai New animal rescue centre at Shilphata to ease SGNPs loadAditya Pancholi case Even after repeated reminders actress yet to record statementWith SC order BMC can finally demolish hutments at TansaFilmy terrorists infiltrate Vasai nabbed by alert former BSF jawanMaharashtra HSC results 2019 Mumbai pass percentage drops by four pointsNalasoparas corporator Arun Jadhav wanted in forgery case arrested4yearold girl raped during parentteacher meet at schoolDivya Spandana From South actress to Rahul Gandhis social media guruMumbai gyms where Bollywood stars go to get a toned and fab bodyThe village no woman wants to get married intoIndias first FourWheeler Auto Rickshaw Comes to MumbaiCatch up on all the latest Crime National International and Hatke news here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updates