Mother vows to fight for justice

AN Indian-origin doctor, who was arrested in the East Midlands region of England for the circumcision of a threemonth-old baby boy without his mother’s approval, has been released without charge.

Dr Balvinder Mehat, 61, was accused of circumcising the tot without religious reasons in July 2013.

The boy underwent the procedure when his paternal grandmother took him for the surgery in Nottingham.

“The Crown Prosecution Service deemed that there would be no realistic prospect of conviction,” Nottinghamshire Police said.

They added that they had “thoroughly investigated the incident”.

The case was reopened after the mother got help from an anti-circumcision group and a human rights lawyer.

Mehat, from the Bakersfield Medical Centre in Nottingham, was arrested in June and told police he believed the mother had consented.

Police also arrested the boy’s father and paternal grandmother on suspicion of conspiracy to commit grievous bodily harm, but they were released without charge.

The boy’s mother said circumcision amounted to male genital mutilation and said her son, now aged 4, had suffered recurring physical problems, including inflammation and water infections after the circumsion.

“I will fight this until my last breath if I have to, it’s the only way I can possibly look my son in his eyes,” the boy’s mother said.

Mehat is due to face a hearing before the medical practitioners’ tribunal service to assess his fitness to further practice. – IANS