Last absconding resident doctor held in Surat GMC ragging-suicide case

Surat, Oct 29 (PTI) Police have arrested the last absconding resident doctor in connection with the suicide of a first-year postgraduate student who had allegedly faced ragging at Government Medical College (GMC) here.

Nirali Vasave (29), a resident of Vyara in Tapi district, was arrested on Thursday,” an official release said.

Vasave was one of the four resident doctors who had allegedly ragged Harsh Pandya, who was found hanging in his hostel room on August 9.

The other three — Anuj Maheshwari, Dikshita Ghewaria and Hina Bhut — were arrested earlier this month.

Initially, the case was registered as an accidental death. As the evidence of a possible criminal act emerged, the victim’s father lodged a formal complaint, the release said.