Dr Payal Tadvi Suicide Case: Discharge Plea filed in special court by two Accused Doctors
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Mumbai: Two of the doctors booked under the charges of abetment in the suicide case of Dr Payal Tadvi in 2019 have submitted a discharge plea before a special court on Thursday. In the plea, one of the doctors stated that the medico was facing tremendous work pressure and the accused had no part in her death.
The doctors were booked along with another resident doctor after Dr Tadvi allegedly committed suicide after being harassed by the three. The doctors were pursuing a post-graduate medical course in Obstetrics and Gynaecology and had already completed two years out of three years of course at the time of the case.
Previously Medical Dialogues reported that the 26-year-old PG medico Dr Payal Tadvi pursuing MD Gynecology from a well-known BYL Nair Hospital in Mumbai had allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself in her hostel room in May 2019. The doctor was allegedly under depression as three of her senior colleagues allegedly used to harass her with casteist remarks. A complaint was moved by the medico's family and a case against the trio, was registered under section 306 (abetment for suicide) of the Indian penal code (IPC), sections of the SC/ST Atrocities Act, Anti-Ragging Act and Information Technology Act, 2000.
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