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US doctor charged with FGM to get lifer

US doctor charged with FGM to get lifer

| | 14 Apr 2017, 11:49 am
Detroit, Apr 14 (IBNS): A doctor charged with Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) of minor girls aged between eight and six year old, is likely to face a lifetime sentence, if proven guilty, media reports said.

Jumana Nagarwala, an American doctor, is in police custody and is presently undergoing an investigation.

The police nabbed her acting on a tip-off.

Though the doctor has denied all charges levied on her, reports suggested that she practiced FGM on minors for over 12 years.  

"Female genital mutilation constitutes a particularly brutal form of violence against women and girls. It is also a serious federal felony in the United States," acting US attorney Daniel Lemisch was quoted in the media as saying.

FGM is viewed as an illegal act in the USA and was banned in 1996.

"The practice has no place in modern society and those who perform FGM on minors will be held accountable under federal law," the judge further added.

Globally, around 200 million women have suffered the trauma of FGM, with most victims from Muslim nations.

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