Jumana Nagarwala
Dr. Jumana Nagarwala is an Indian-American medical doctor who, in 2017, became the first person charged under the United States law criminalizing female genital mutilation.[1] Nagarwala is a Dawoodi Bohra, a member of a religious community in India reported to 'practice' FGM.[2]
Accusations[edit]
Nagarwala, licensed in Michigan, was accused of cutting the genitals of two Minnesota girls who traveled to Michigan with their mothers on what they had been told was a "special girls' trip".[3] They were instead taken to a clinic in Livonia, where Nagarwala operated on them. According to the indictment against her, she is also accused of being complicit in the transportation of minors across state lines in order to commit a sexual crime on them (18 U.S. Code § 2423), because two of her alleged victims were brought by their parents from Minnesota to Michigan for the procedure, and the parents communicated with her several times before bringing them. She faces a possible sentence of life in prison if convicted of transportation; also each of the mutilation charges carries a possible five-year sentence (18 U.S. Code § 116); additionally, she is accused of lying to a Federal law-enforcement agent about female genital mutilation (18 U.S. Code § 1001) and conspiring to obstruct an official proceeding by advising others to lie too, and by deleting electronic communications concerning mutilation. (18 U.S. Code § 1512) .[4] The criminal complaint also states that several other young girls have informed Child Protective Services that Nagarwala has operated on their genitals, although the criminal complaint and indictment only directly accuse her of mutilating two girls.
She was initially denied bail on the grounds that the court considered her a danger to the community and a flight risk.[5] However, on September 25th, she was released on 4.5-million-dollar bond. [6] The money was raised by her supporters.[7]
The owners of the clinic where the mutilations were allegedly done, Dr. Fakhruddin Attar and his wife, Farida Attar, have been arrested and accused of being accomplices.[8][9]
On June 14, 2017, a fourth individual, Tahera Shafiq of Wayne County, was arrested and charged with assisting in mutilations. On June 21, 2017, additional ("superseding") charges were filed, and the mothers of two of the alleged victims were charged with arranging for their daughters to be mutilated, bringing the total to six defendants. The two mothers are Farida Arif and Fatema Dahodwala, both of Oakland County. Also, four more young alleged victims were identified, although their names are being withheld.[10][11] Other defendants have been indicted as well; as of September 22, 2017, the total number stands at eight defendants.[12]
Education and professional experience[edit]
She grew up in Gaithersburg, Maryland and attended Wootton High School. She graduated from the University of Maryland in 1994. She earned her medical degree from Johns Hopkins, graduating in 1998.[2]
She has worked as an assistant director of the emergency medicine residency program at the Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit.[2]
References[edit]
- ↑ https://www.justice.gov/usao-edmi/press-release/file/957376/download
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 https://www.forbes.com/sites/ritarubin/2017/04/14/doctor-charged-with-female-genital-mutilation-has-published-research-overseen-residents/#cc43ce162241
- ↑ http://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/detroit-city/2017/04/13/doctor-charged-genital-mutilation/100416734/
- ↑ https://www.unitedstatescourts.org/federal/mied/319679/16-0.html
- ↑ http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4421648/Detroit-doctor-charged-genital-mutilation-denied-bail.html
- ↑ http://www.indiawest.com/news/global_indian/jumana-nagarwala-accused-of-genital-mutilation-released-on-million-bond/article_5c15f02e-9ff5-11e7-b767-5f708ad1c601.html
- ↑ https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/dr-jumana-nagarwala-to-be-released-on-45-million-bond-while-awaiting-fgm-trial
- ↑ http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2017/04/21/two-more-doctors-charges-with-female-genital-mutilation-on-girls-6-8-years-old/
- ↑ http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/midwest/ct-detroit-female-genital-mutilation-case-20170421-story.html
- ↑ https://www.scribd.com/document/351937661/New-female-genital-mutilation-indictment
- ↑ http://www.indiawest.com/news/global_indian/two-more-detroit-michigan-area-women-charged-in-genital-mutilation/article_df81a304-584c-11e7-b8ba-b3f14cc8e035.html
- ↑ http://www.indiawest.com/news/global_indian/two-minnesota-mothers-charged-in-michigan-genital-mutilation-case-taking/article_5feb4f6a-9a5e-11e7-9465-bf31d6a35ecb.html
External links[edit]
- The criminal complaint against Dr. Nagarwala
- The criminal complaint against Dr. Attar et al.
- Details of USA v. Nagarwala et al. at United States Courts Archive, includes a link to the indictment
- Superseding indictment
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