Sydney: An India-born doctor in Australia, convicted of sexually assaulting a 20-year-old patient, has walked free from an immigration detention centre. Suhail Durani, 36, was convicted of inappropriately touching the patient and asking her indecent questions in the February 20, 2010, incident at the Royal Perth Hospital.
He was held at the centre after he was released from the Casuarina prison south of Perth in February, 2013 and the Australian immigration authorities cancelled his visa, ABC Online reported on Monday.
He had served 18 months in jail after being found guilty of five charges of assaulting the patient and convicted. Facing deportation, he lodged an appeal with the Administrative Appeals Tribunal saying that his deportation would affect the social, emotional and general well-being of his four-year-old son.
Durani's wife, Falaq, also gave a statement saying that their son felt the absence of his father and asked every night before going to sleep: "Are we going to see daddy tomorrow?" She said she was in a state of despair and if her husband was made to leave Australia permanently, it would be like her life ending....
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An Indian doctor on deputation in Britain has been jailed for two-and-a-half years for manslaughter after wrongly diagnosing a patient who later died. Bala Kovvali, 64, was found guilty of "criminal negligence" for the "wholly preventable death" of Andre Fellows in June, 2009, at Sheffield Crown Court, on Wednesday. ...
01:26 AM, Feb 14, 2013
An Indian doctor and his wife have pleaded guilty to charges of federal tax evasion and to illegally distributing weight loss medicines to patients, agreeing to pay nearly USD 5.2 million in restitution. Rakesh Anand, 57, a licensed physician in Indiana and Illinois and Meena Anand, 53, entered their guilty pleas on January 8 before US District Judge Joseph Van Bokkelen in federal court in Hammond. ...
01:19 PM, Jan 09, 2013
Dubai: Indian doctor Rajan Daniel's throat was slit inside a hospital in Abu Dhabi by a Pakistani man who blamed him for his relative's death, a media report said on Saturday. The Pakistani was armed with a big knife when he stormed the private hospital on Thursday. He grabbed the Indian urologist and fatally stabbed him after the death of his relative, reported web site Emirates 24/7. Daniel, who hails...
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New York: An Indian-origin pediatrician has been charged with sexually abusing girls, some as young as 11, and compiling notes on his computer on how to molest them, a media report has said. 53-year-old Rakesh Punn drugged his victims with sedatives and covered their eyes with gauze or a blindfold during the assaults, according to a 60-count indictment filed in a US court, the New York Post reported. The New...
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08:59 AM, Apr 28, 2010
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03:25 PM, Jul 19, 2009
Indian healthcare system hasn't been able to earn a good name globally. ...
06:32 PM, Apr 20, 2009
Mobeen's brother gave 40 pc of his liver, Indian doctors pull off a miracle. ...
04:23 PM, Nov 21, 2008
The couple runs a school and hospital for the the Madia Gond tribals in India. ...
04:20 PM, Jul 31, 2008
New Delhi: Tainted cricketer Mohnish Mishra has accepted the statements he made during the sting operation which claimed to have exposed corruption in the IPL, but said he had done that casually to develop his value. Mishra was suspended by his Indian Premier League team Pune Warriors with immediate effect, hours after the BCCI handed him the same punishment for his alleged involvement in spot-fixing pending a board inquiry. We...
04:00 PM, May 23, 2008
Houston: The judge in the fraud trial of wealthy cricket mogul Allen Stanford ordered the jury back to deliberations after they told him they could not reach a unanimous verdict. Stanford faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted of 14 counts of fraud, money laundering, conspiracy and obstruction. Prosecutors alleged that he used his depositors' money as his personal piggy bank, accusing Stanford of buying up regulators and...
01:23 AM, May 01, 2008
The Indian tennis ace is waiting anxiously for the World Cup to get underway. ...
09:43 PM, Dec 14, 2007
Doctors and well wishers are thrilled at the success of the Lakshmi’s surgery. ...
12:30 AM, Nov 08, 2007
Dr Indrani Sarkar's work has shown the way to a possible treatment for HIV. ...
03:56 PM, Sep 14, 2007
India provides the largest number of doctors to developed nations. ...
12:24 PM, Jul 20, 2007
As docs from EU nations vie for jobs in UK, it will not be an smooth ride. ...
09:27 AM, Jul 12, 2007
British govt is considering a review of the new immigration laws, after witnessing resentment of thousands of Indian doctors. ...
10:05 PM, Mar 27, 2007
UK concedes to their demand to withdraw a rule that would have excluded them from job interviews bu August 2007. ...
01:17 PM, Mar 09, 2007
A stay order makes Indian doctors - under the Highly Skilled Migrant Programme - eligible for job interviews in UK. ...
10:59 PM, Mar 05, 2007
