Payal Tadvi Suicide Case: All Three Accused Doctors of Mumbai's Nair Hospital Arrested
Tadvi hanged herself at her room last Wednesday following which her family alleged that the doctors taunted her by ragging and hurling casteist abuses as she belonged to a Scheduled Tribe.
Mumbai, May 29: Amid pressure on the state government to act against those who allegedly drove a Dalit doctor to commit suicide, the Mumbai Police has arrested all the three main accused. The trio, senior doctors at Agripada's BYL Nair Hospital, have been charged of ragging and hurling casteist slurs which drove the 26-year-old Payal Tandvi to end her life.
While one doctor, Bhakti Mehere, was arrested on Tuesday after initial interrogation, the two other accused - Hema Ahuja and Ankita Khandelwal - were absconding. They were nabbed later in the night. Dalit Organisations Seek Stringent Action Against Accused Doctors at Nair Hospital
"Ahuja and Khandelwal were arrested in the early hours of Wednesday by the Agripada police in central Mumbai," a senior police official told PTI. They will be produced in a court on Wednesday, he added.
The three were booked after their junior colleague Payal Tadvi at B Y L Nair Hospital here committed suicide at her hostel last week, a senior police official said.
Tadvi hanged herself at her room last Wednesday following which her family alleged that the doctors taunted her by ragging and hurling casteist abuses as she belonged to a Scheduled Tribe.
Protesters from the Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi and other Dalit and tribal organisations earlier held protests outside the hospital.
The accused have been booked under relevant provisions of the Scheduled Castes and Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, the Anti-Ragging Act, the IT Act and Section 306 (abetment to suicide) of the Indian Penal Code.
(With PTI inputs)
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