Medico suicide: Absconding woman doctor nabbed

Mumbai, May 28 (IANS) In a breakthrough, the Mumbai Police has arrested one of the three absconding doctors wanted in connection with the suicide case of medical student Payal Tadvi, here on Tuesday."Yes, we have arrested one - Bhakti Mehere. The Agripada police and local DCP office have carried out the operation," Mumbai Police spokesperson and Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Manjunath Shinge told IANS.Two others - Hema Ahuja and Ankita Khandelwal - are still on the run and the police are on the lookout for them.On May 22, 25-year-old Tadvi, a second year Post Graduate Gynaecologist student, hanged herself in the hostel room of the government-run BYL Nair Hospital, sparking off a huge controversy.The family accused three senior women doctors - Mehere, Ahuja and Khandelwal - of allegedly discriminating against Tadvi who hailed from a Muslim-tribal background.A social media campaign #JusticeForPayal has kicked off in which prominent personalities from all over India have demanded justice for the deceased medico.
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