November 13, 2014
NEW DELHI (AFP) - Police have detained a doctor who performed mass sterilisation surgeries in central India that left 13 women dead and dozens ill in hospital, a senior officer said Thursday.
"He has been taken into custody. He will be produced in the court in the afternoon today. He is likely to be arrested soon after," police inspector general Pawan Deo told AFP by phone from Bilaspur in Chhattisgarh state.