Payal Tadvi, a 26-year-old postgraduate student at Nair Hospital, committed suicide after her seniors Dr. Hema Ahuja, Dr. Bhakti Mehar and Dr. Ankita Khandelwal allegedly harassed her with casteist remarks. After which, in order to set an example to promote an anti-ragging atmosphere, the State Health Department had decided to set a committee to amend rules and regulations on ragging.
Meanwhile, Maharashtra Association of Resident Doctors (MARD) branch has suspended three doctors who were accused in this case, however, they haven't been arrested yet.
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In response, the accused doctors, on Monday, 27 May, wrote to the Association a letter stating,
"We want college to conduct a fair investigation. But this isn't the way to do investigation through the police force and media pressure without listening to our side.”
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