While they are still absconding, the trio of seniors from BYL Nair Hospital who allegedly drove fellow post-graduate gynaecology student Dr. Payal Tadvi to suicide have written a letter to the Central Maharashtra Association of Resident Doctors (MARD), claiming they have no role to play in the incident. They are accused of subjecting Dr. Payal to caste-based harassment.

Dr. Payal was found hanging in her hostel room on May 22. The accused trio, Dr. Hema Ahuja, Dr. Bhakti Mehere and Dr. Ankita Khandelwal, have been at large since. On May 25, they wrote to Central MARD blaming her death on the workload in the hospital and demanding a fair investigation into the matter. The letter was sent to the official e-mail ID of Central MARD's president. "It was signed by all the three accused and scanned. MARD informed us about the e-mail, we are trying to use this link too for tracking the accused" said a police officer.