Tadvi suicide case: Court rejects bail pleas of 3 doctors

A special court Monday rejected the bail pleas of three senior doctors of a civic hospital arrested for allegedly abetting the suicide of a junior colleague.

Special court judge P B Jadhav, while rejecting the pleas of Hema Ahuja, Bhakti Meher and Ankita Khandelwal, said there was a likelihood of the accused persons absconding or tampering with evidence. The trio are in jail from May 29.

Payal Tadvi (26), a second-year postgraduate medical student attached to the BYL Nair Hospital, allegedly committed suicide in her hostel room on May 22.

Her family alleged that three of her seniors - Hema Ahuja, Bhakti Meher and Ankita Khandelwal - ragged her and hurled casteist abuses at her, forcing Tadvi to take her life.

The court observed that the accused doctors went to the hostel room after Payal's death but had no explanation why.

It also said that their whereabouts from May 23 to May 29 were not known.

"They were absconding and had not cooperated in the investigation. There is a possibility .