Dr Payal Tadvi committed suicide in her hostel room in BYL Nair Hospital, Mumbai, on May 22.

A special court in Mumbai on Monday rejected the bail pleas of three women doctors arrested for allegedly abetting the suicide of their junior colleague at a civic body-run hospital.

Judge PB Jadhav rejected the bail applications of Hema Ahuja, Bhakti Meher and Ankita Khandelwal, who are in jail since their arrest on May 29.

Payal Tadvi, a second-year postgraduate medical student attached to BYL Nair Hospital in Mumbai, allegedly committed suicide in her hostel room on May 22.

Payal Tadvi's family alleged that three of her seniors -- Ahuja, Meher and Khandelwal -- ragged and hurled casteist abuses at her, forcing her to take the extreme step.