Indian doctor who performed sterilization surgeries arrested

The doctor who conducted botched mass-sterilization surgeries that ended the life of 13 women in central India has been arrested.

Dr. R.K. Gupta, who had been hiding since Saturday's operations, said that he was not responsible for the women’s death and blamed medication that was administered to the women after the surgeries.

Investigators revealed that Gupta had performed over 80 sterilization surgeries in six hours whereby violating the government’s protocol which prohibits surgeons from performing more than 30 sterilizations in a day.