In a big development in medical student Payal Tadvi suicide case, the police have arrested all three accused doctors, Bhakti Mehre and Hema Ahuja aand Ankita Khandelwal. The arrest of Dr Bhakti Mehare on Tuesday afternoon was followed by the arrest of Dr Hema Ahuja later on the same night. As per the latest reports, the team of officials investigating the matter arrested Dr Ankita Khandelwal in the early hours of Wednesday.

The three doctors have been booked under the Atrocities Act, the Anti-Ragging Act and the IT Act and Section 306 (abetment to suicide) of the IPC. 

A second-year student of Gynaecology at the BYL Nair Hospital, 26-year-old Dr Payal Tadvi was found hanging inside her hostel room on May 22. Tadvi's family also accused the doctors of insulting her for belonging to a scheduled tribe. Tadvi's friends had appealed to the authorities to take stringent administrative and penal action against the accused. Payal Tadvi belonged to a Muslim tribal family of Jalgaon. 

Meanwhile, the BYL Nair Hospital management suspended Head of the Gynaecology department, Dr SD Shirodkar until further notice. The administration of Mumbai's BYL Nair Hospital has suspended the head of the gynaecology department and three other women doctors in connection with the case. The anti-ragging committee has recorded the statements of over 30 staff members, including doctors, heads of department (HODs), and Dr Tadvi's three roommates among other employees.

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