Surat: City police have arrested Dr Nirali Vasave, the fourth accused in the alleged abetment of suicide case involving Dr Harsh Pandya. The arrest comes nearly 80 days after Dr Pandya was found dead at his accommodation on the New Civil Hospital campus on Aug 9.Police registered a case against four senior doctors on Aug 15, following a complaint filed by Dr Harsh Pandya’s father, Dr Subhash Pandya. The case was registered at Khatodara police station under provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.Following the invocation of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, the investigation was handed over to assistant commissioner of police (ACP) Z R Desai.Three other accused—Dr Dishita Ghewaria, Dr Hina Bhut and Dr Anuj Maheshwari—were arrested in the second week of Oct. With Dr Vasave’s arrest, all four accused named in the case have now been taken into custody.Dr Vasave is a resident of Vyara and originally hails from Gamdi village in Nizar taluka of Tapi district.Before their arrests, all four accused were evading police. Three of them had also approached Gujarat High Court seeking relief, but had failed to secure it.Separately, Khatodara police have registered a ragging case based on a complaint filed by Government Medical College (GMC), Surat.
