It's clear-cut case of ragging: Anti-ragging panel

The recent suicide by means of a post-graduate scholar of Nair Hospital’s Gynaecology Department was once a clear case of ragging, a record submitted by means of the clinic’s Anti Ragging Committee has said.

The record, submitted to the Maharashtra University of Health Sciences (MUHS) on Tuesday by means of the clinic’s dean, said it might not identify if caste slurs have been used within the ragging of Dr Payal Tadvi by means of 3 of her seniors – Dr Hema Ahuja, Dr Bhakti Mahere and Dr Ankita Khandelwal.

Arrest warrants had been issued in opposition to all 3 accused and Dr Mahere has already been arrested.

Dr Tadvi hanged herself to loss of life in her hostel room on May 23 and her family has alleged that harassment – each mental and bodily – by means of Dr Ahuja, Dr Mahere and Dr Khandelwal – led her to take the extreme step.

While leaving it to the police to look into the question whether or not remarks associated with Dr Tadvi’s caste have been made by means of the three accused, the Anti Ragging Committee record described the clinic’s inner mechanism to prevent ragging as ineffective. It additionally criticised the head of Department of Gynecology Dr Yi Ching Ling, to whom the accused and the sufferer reported, for failing to behave on a grievance made by means of Dr Tadvi. “Had the dep. head acted, this untoward incident can have been averted and a life stored,” said a doctor aware of the record.

The committee that investigated the suicide comprised 21 participants, together with docs, representatives of a scholar’s frame, and participants of some reputed NGOs.

The record said that Dr Yi Ching Ling was once accountable for coordinating with the post-graduate scholars and that she will have to have taken note of Dr Tadvi’s grievance that her seniors made “derogatory remarks” in opposition to her and acted right away.


BMC Commissioner Praveen Pardeshi confirmed that the record mentions “ragging” and the HoD’s failure to prevent it. He said since the record is now with MUHS, he was once not able to discuss its main points.

Though a couple of media experiences late on Tuesday night time quoted Health and Medical Education Minister Girish Mahajan pronouncing the record refers to caste slurs too, when contacted by means of this newspaper he denied having made this kind of statement. “I've not seen the record. I used to be told that it was once a clear ragging case. She (Dr Tadvi) was once overburdened with work. We have despatched the sufferer’s mobile phone messages to a forensic laboratory for verification,” he said.


(From left) The accused docs, Ankita Khandelwal, Bhakti Mahere and Hema Ahuja; (Right) Dr Ramesh Bharmal, dean of Nair clinic, at the place of work of ACP, Agripada department, on Tuesday


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