Payal Tadvi
In connection with the abetment of suicide of a medico Payal Tadvi, Mumbai Police arrested two more absconder accused lady doctors, police said on Wednesday.
The accused -- Hema Ahuja and Ankita Khandelwal -- were nabbed early in the day, Mumbai Police Spokesperson DCP Manjunath Shinge told IANS.
One Bhakti Meher was arrested on Tuesday.
The trio has been accused of alleged ragging, casteist atrocities, mental harassment and professional torture leading to the suicide of a second year Post-Graduate Gynaecology student Tadvi, at the state-run BYL Nair Hospital in Mumbai.
The incident happened on May 22.
The accused have also filed for anticipatory bail application which would come up before the court later in the day.
All the three were suspended by the Maharashtra Association of Resident Doctors and later by the BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation.
Tadvi's mother, Abeda Tadvi who is leading the agitation seeking justice for her daughter, plans to challenge the pre-arrest bail pleas, her lawyer Nitin Satpute told the news agency.
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