India, July 20 -- An Indian-origin doctor in the US has been charged with serious medical fraud, illegal distribution of opioids, and soliciting sexual favours from patients in exchange for prescriptions.

The 51-year-old internist, identified as Ritesh Kalra from Secaucus, New Jersey, was placed under home incarceration after a US court hearing.

According to the US attorney's office, Kalra operated what prosecutors called a "pill mill" out of his Fair Lawn clinic, where he allegedly prescribed powerful opioids such as oxycodone without medical justification. He now faces five federal charges-three for illegal drug distribution and two for health care fraud.

Prosecutors claim Kalra used his medical license not for healing, but to prey o...