DA: Pediatrician sexually abused patients
Photo credit: Handout | Bethpage pediatrician Rakesh Punn was indicted on charges that he sexually abused and videotaped his patients, one as young as 11, prosecutors said. He was jailed on pornography and other charges in July of 2010. (July 16, 2010)
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A once-revered Bethpage pediatrician has been indicted on charges that he drugged and sexually abused at least seven of his patients -- some as young as 11 -- under the guise of medical examinations.
Dr. Rakesh Punn, 53, of Bethpage, has been in jail since last July, when he was arrested after prosecutors said he secretly videotaped his naked patients with a camera set up in his examination...
