Former Bloomington doctor Kamal Tiwari back home after release from prison
By Laura Lane, Herald-Times, Bloomington, Ind. | |
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But two weeks ago, Tiwari returned to his tri-level
Reached at home by telephone Wednesday night, Tiwari was reluctant to talk about developments in his life over the past few years. He said he is settling back into life outside prison.
"I will try to find my path. Many times I have been down, and I have moved on. I am looking forward to the future. It is transition time, and I am reinventing myself." He said he is employed in the environmental engineering field and enjoying his work. "Engineering is close to my heart," he said.
Tiwari is allowed to leave his house to attend church and to work, for doctor's appointments, to attend classes and to participate in activities to re-establish family ties, such as family dinners and outings, Burke said.
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Tiwari established his pain management center in
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A year later, the FBI raided Tiwari's offices and home, seizing records and initiating an investigation that three years later resulted in the Indiana Medical Licensing Board filing a 55-page complaint alleging Tiwari "dangerously over-prescribed controlled substances to known drug addicts, contributing to the overdose deaths of multiple patients." The board suspended his ability to prescribe drugs.
In 2010, a federal grand jury indicted Tiwari on 13 charges, alleging the doctor prescribed narcotics when not necessary and that he defrauded
He eventually pleaded guilty to two of the 13 charges after his trial was delayed five times. Tiwari said Wednesday that he admitted guilt because he did not want to risk being convicted at trial.
"I did not want to take that gamble. I have five children to think of," he said. "It was the wisest decision. I told the lawyer, it was three years I was fighting this, and it was time for the end of that."
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