A Boston doctor goes to trial on a charge of lewd acts near a teen on a plane

A Boston doctor indicted last year on a charge of lewd acts near a 14-year-old girl on an airplane has appeared in federal court for his trial. Dr. Sudipta Mohanty was indicted on one count of lewd, indecent and obscene acts on an aircraft. Investigators say Mohanty was a passenger aboard a Hawaiian Airlines Flight from Honolulu to Boston in 2022 and was seated next to a girl traveling with her grandparents. She says she saw him masturbating. His lawyer says he is innocent. Mohanty worked as a doctor at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. The hospital says he is no longer practicing there.