Local News
Doctor arrested for allegedly attempting to have sex with minor
By Mike Morris
Sept 3, 2012A Chattanooga, Tenn., doctor was arrested Sunday in northwest Georgia, where he allegedly went to have sex with a minor.
According to the FBI, Vikul Patel, 35, was arrested in Rossville by agents from the FBI-led Safe Child Task Force.
FBI spokesman Stephen Emmett said in a statement that Patel, a doctor of internal medicine, “came to the attention of law enforcement over the internet when he began a series of chats with undercover agents regarding his desire to have sex with a minor child.”
Patel was booked into the Walker County Detention Center on state charges of attempted child molestation and violation of the Computer Pornography Act.
