A New Jersey doctor faces a bevy of charges for allegedly groping at least four employees and a patient, biting one of them on the cheek, authorities said Thursday.
An employee of 54-year-old Raja Jagtiani, a married licensed physician in Bergenfield, told police the doctor touched her breast and bit her cheek while she was working with him one day in July.
Authorities launched an investigation and identified several other alleged victims, including current and former employees and one patient.
Jagtiani, of Dumont, was arrested Tuesday on multiple counts of criminal sexual contact and harassment by offensive touching. He was also charged with one count of simple assault.
Information on an attorney for Jagtiani wasn't immediately available.
According to an online profile, Jagtiani has nearly three decades of experience and won a Patient's Choice Award from Vitals in 2012. The annual award goes to just 5 percent of the nation's active physicians.
