India, Sept. 24 -- The memory of that icy December morning in 2018 continues to haunt Padma Shri Dr Raj Bothra. At 81, the surgeon who once moved with presidents, popes, and prime ministers says the moment is etched on his soul. "The knock at the door, the FBI agents storming in, wrenching me away from decades of healing, philanthropy, and cross-continental bridge-building-it all replays in my mind in a relentless loop. I don't think it will ever go away," he admits.

That was the day his life-a story of medical brilliance and tireless service-collapsed. On Tuesday, he revisited that moment in Mumbai while speaking at the launch of his searing memoir USA v Raj. The event, attended by actors Anupam Kher and Tusshar Kapoor (a family friend ...