Summary:
Replying to a calling attention motion on Tuesday, medical education minister Girish Mahajan said they were examining if the anti-ragging laws needed to be amended and made more stringent. Last month, Dr Payal Tadvi, a second-year post-graduate student of the TN Topiwala National Medical College, had committed suicide in her hostel room. Tadvi, who belonged to the tribal Tadvi Bhil community and hailed from Jalgaon, allegedly faced harassment and caste discrimination by three seniors, who have been arrested. Patil, however, admitted that even before the written complaint, the deceased had complained verbally about her harassment. He added that the medical college had an equal opportunities cell as had been mandated by the UGC norms..