[quote][b]Federal agents Friday arrested a second doctor in connection with the nation’s first genital mutilation case[/b], sources told The Detroit News. Dr. Fakhruddin Attar is accused of letting Dr. Jumana Nagarwala perform mutilations at his Burhani Medical Clinic on Farmington Road. His wife, office manager Farida Attar, also was arrested and is accused of helping Nagarwala perform the mutilations, according to a 14-page complaint unsealed Friday in federal court. The complaint solves a mystery stemming from the case by pinpointing where Nagarwala allegedly mutilated two 7-year-old girls from Minnesota earlier this year while performing a controversial, illegal procedure. The complaint also describes a widening conspiracy involving at least Nagarwala, Attar and his wife — all three are members of an insular sect of Muslims based out of a Farmington Hills mosque. The Attars were arrested around 9:30 a.m. at Burhani Medical Clinic and federal agents were spotted inside the clinic. Embassy Title Agency Inc. owner Kate McCarty’s office is next door to the Burhani clinic. She watched Attar’s arrest Friday after he arrived in the parking lot and is shaken by allegations of mutilations that allegedly happened next door. “What do you think? It’s disgusting,” McCarty said. “I mean, it’s terrible.” The arrests come 11 days after agents raided the clinic amid an investigation triggered by the two Minnesota girls who were brought to Metro Detroit in February and subjected to female genital mutilation. Attar and his wife were charged with conspiracy to commit female genital mutilation and aiding and abetting female genital mutilation. They are expected to be arraigned at 1 p.m. in federal court. Nagarwala, meanwhile, was charged in federal court April 12 and is being held without bond on charges that could send her to federal prison for life. According to court records and testimony, Nagarwala is a member of the Dawoodi Bohra, a small Muslim sect from India that was linked to a mutilation scandal in Australia two years ago. Sect members locally belong to the Anjuman-e-Najmi mosque on Orchard Lake Road in Farmington Hills. It’s the only Dawoodi Bohra mosque in Michigan. Attar has served as treasurer and a leader of the Farmington Hills mosque, according to the Anjuman-e-Najmi website. Prosecutors said some members of the religious and cultural community practice female genital mutilation on young girls. Some members of the community who have spoken against the practice said the surgery is performed to suppress female sexuality, reduce sexual pleasure and curb promiscuity, according to the criminal complaint. The procedure has been illegal in the U.S. since 1996 and there are no health benefits for girls and women, according to the World Health Organization. Nagarwala has denied performing female genital mutilation. Her lawyer said Nagarwala merely performed a religious procedure that involved removing mucous membrane from the girls’ genitalia and giving it to relatives for burial. The FBI and Homeland Security Investigations agents allege Attar and his wife arranged and helped Nagarwala perform the mutilations, according to the complaint. “Farida assists Nagarwala during the procedures,” Homeland Security Investigations Special Agent Lisa Keith wrote in the complaint. Nagarwala, 44, a Henry Ford Health System emergency room physician from Northville, is accused of performing the procedure at a Livonia clinic after the facility closed for the evening. She did not charge money to perform the procedures and did not fill out paperwork, according to courtroom testimony. The Burhani clinic is along Farmington Road on the edge of a neighborhood north of Five Mile. The clinic is a half-mile north of the Livonia Police Department. The Burhani clinic’s website is defunct but its motto survives on an archived web page: “We aim to provide comprehensive compassionate health care to everyone, every time.” Attar owns the private clinic and also is a member of the medical staff at St. Mary Mercy Livonia hospital. Laura Blodgett, a hospital spokeswoman, said in a statement Friday that Attar had been placed on leave. “He does not have any surgical privileges nor performed any surgical procedures at St. Mary Mercy, and our hospital has no affiliation with the Burhani Medical Clinic,” Blodgett said in an email. “The U.S. prosecutor's office has confirmed to us that there are no allegations of any activity involving St. Mary Mercy hospital in any way.” Attar received his medical education at Maharaja Sayajirao University Faculty of Medicine in western India, according to the hospital’s website. In a photo of Attar on the hospital’s website, the doctor is wearing a traditional Dawoodi Bohra white and gold cap. The Burhani clinic has surveillance video. A sign on the clinic door during a visit Wednesday warned visitors that there is a closed-circuit video camera in operation. Agents seized surveillance footage from Feb. 3, the day prosecutors allege Nagarwala mutilated the girls’ genitalia. At 6:09 p.m., the footage shows Nagarwala arriving in the parking lot of Burhani Medical Clinic and meeting with Fakhruddin Attar. Fakhruddin Attar is seen handing the doctor a white bag before both enter the clinic. Minutes later, Farida Attar arrives at the clinic, followed by a woman and a girl, according to the complaint. The mutilation was over within 17 minutes, according to the federal agent. After the first girl and her mother left, a second girl and an adult woman arrived at the clinic. The second victim and her mother were at the clinic for 20 minutes before leaving. After the alleged procedure, the second girl was examined by a doctor who found the girl’s genitalia had a small cut and small tear. The girl identified Nagarwala as the doctor who performed the procedure, the government alleges. The second girl said two women were present during the procedure and that they held her hands through the alleged mutilation. The girl “identified a photograph of (Farida Attar) as one of the women who held her hands,” the agent wrote in the complaint. During questioning, the second girl’s parents confirmed they brought their daughter to see Nagarwala for a “cleansing” of extra skin, the agent added. Medical examinations of the Minnesota victims after their visit to Metro Detroit showed abnormal genitalia that had scar tissue and small lacerations, investigators said. In one case, a section of a girl’s genitalia had been removed or altered, according to court records. Investigators questioned Fakhruddin Attar on April 10. He said Nagarwala occasionally sees patients at his clinic, according to the complaint. The patients are girls and members of the Dawoodi Bohra community, ages 6-9. Fakhruddin Attar told investigators Nagarwala sees minor girls for “problems with their genitals, including treatment of genital rashes.” Nagarwala only sees the patients when the clinic is closed on Fridays and Saturdays and performs the procedures for free, he added. She sees patients at the clinic five or six times a year, he said. There are more victims in Michigan, prosecutors allege. On March 31, agents obtained a court order to listen to Nagarwala’s phone calls. During one call, Farida Attar was heard advising parents of one Michigan child to deny to law enforcement that the procedures were being performed, according to the agent. “Farida told the parent to completely deny the allegation, and to say that nothing has happened,” the agent wrote. 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