"We have more questions than answers about the circumstances in which my wife allegedly took the extreme step of ending her life," said Dr. Salman Tadvi, husband of Dr. Payal Tadvi who committed suicide on May 22 after being allegedly subjected to caste-based harassment from seniors. Dr. Salman told mid-day that his wife had cried throughout her morning duty on the day of her death, because the absconding trio of seniors kept taunting her about going out for dinner the previous night.

On the night of May 21, Dr. Payal was rather cheerful while speaking on the phone to Dr. Salman. She told him she was going to Mohammed Ali Road with her friends for dinner. That was the last time they spoke; they'd promised to meet the next evening.