RAIPUR, March 18 -- A Chhattisgarh doctor has been sentenced to two years imprisonment in connection with the death of 12 women in 2014 after botched mass-sterilisation surgeries at a government-run camp in Bilaspur district.

RK Gupta, a block medical officer, was convicted for culpable homicide not amounting to murder by the First District and Additional Sessions Judge Shailesh Kumar Ketarap on Tuesday and handed out a two-year sentence, additional public prosecutor Devendra Rao Somawar said on Wednesday.

The court also imposed a fine of Rs.25,000 each on the doctor for the 12 deaths.

The case relates to a sterilisation camp held on November 8, 2014, at a hospital in Pendari near Sakri village in Takhatpur block of Bilaspur district. ...