Dr Jumana Nagarwala arrested in the US for practicing FGM. [PHOTO/the-star.co.ke]

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A doctor arrested in the US for practicing FGM has links links in Kenya. 

This emerged on Tuesday after federal prosecutors told a Detroit court that 44-year-old Dr Jumana Nagarwala should not be granted bail on grounds that she could possibly fly back to Kenya or India. 

Nagarwala, who practices medicine at a Detroit hospital, was last week arrested while boarding her flight to Kenya. 

She was on her way to visit two of her children studying at a boarding school in Nairobi, the court was told. 

If convicted on charges of female genital mutilation, Nagarwala risks being handed a life imprisonment.