Doctor arrested in the death of a baby

Malaysian-born Dr. Vignendra Ariyarajah, a married Harvard-trained cardiologist killed his mistress’s baby by another man, a report in New York Post said.
Dr. Ariyarajah is set to appear in Brooklyn, New York court Tuesday. He is accused of enlisting two people to trap the lover Paul Marie Raymond in a Ditmars Park home.
The pair then starved her, feeding her water only through a syringe, and induced the 7-1/2-months-pregnant woman early with medicines to kill the child, the report said. Ariyarajah was away and his wife on vacation skiing in Montana.
The baby boy was born alive Christmas Eve 2016 but died hours later of an infection caused by the prolonged labor that Raymond suffered for four days, as well as a lack of medical intervention, court records said, citing an autopsy report.
Meanwhile, EMTs found the 30-year-old Raymond with chemical burns to her face, ligature marks to her arms and leg and torn-off fingernails, officials said.
“This is a very disturbing case,’’ said a source close to the investigation.
The Malaysian-born Ariyarajah, who completed a fellowship at Harvard University Medical School, was finally indicted last month on criminally negligent homicide, manslaughter, assault and other raps after the second helper turned on him and cooperated with authorities, officials and sources said.
The doctor had been in regular contact with his unnamed co-defendant and the third uncharged helper throughout the heinous saga, according to a law enforcement source.
After Ariyarajah’s indictment, he was released on $750,000.
The doctor’s lawyer, Matt Myers, insisted that Ariyarajah never had a romantic relationship with Raymond and is innocent.
“The case was taken to the grand jury in a slightly rushed fashion,” the lawyer said. “The doctor is an outstanding physician.”

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