More Charges Against Colonia Doctor Accused Of Inappropriate Touching

PERTH AMBOY, NJ — A Perth Amboy doctor and his office manager have been charged with additional offenses following an investigation involving a woman who alleged the doctor touched her inappropriately while under his care, announced the Middlesex County Prosecutor on Dec. 15.

This occurred at Amboy Urgent Care, located at 469 Cornell Street in Perth Amboy, and the doctor is Dr. Gurvindra Johal, 56, of Colonia.

He was previously arrested and charged with six counts of criminal sexual contact and one count of sexual assault.

His office manager, Rani Patel, 32, of Carteret, was previously arrested and charged with two counts of obstruction, one count of falsifying or tampering with records, one count of destruction, falsification, or alteration of medical records, one count of insurance fraud, one count of tampering with or fabricating physical evidence, two counts of computer theft, two counts of hindering, and one count of witness tampering.

Prosecutors alleged that the doctor and his office manager conspired to send a fraudulent letter to the victim’s health insurance company to prevent the insurance company from substantiating an allegation of wrongdoing against Johal. Patel submitted the fraudulent letter to the insurance company along with the victim’s medical records that had been altered to bolster the fraudulent letter.

On Dec. 14 Johal was charged with one count of conspiracy to commit insurance fraud, one count of insurance fraud, and one count of hindering his own apprehension. Patel was charged with conspiracy to commit insurance fraud.

Johal is presently lodged at the Middlesex County Adult Correctional Center pending the results of a pretrial detention hearing in Superior Court.