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No jail time for Chilliwack physiotherapist in sexual assault case

Judge hands down 12-month conditional sentence for inappropriate touching, 11 months probation
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Chilliwack physiotherapist Sanjay Amrutkar handed a one-year conditional sentence order, and 11 months probation for inappropriate touching that met the criteria of sexual assault in 2019. (LinkedIn)

A physiotherapist who faced sexual assault charges for inappropriate touching at a Chilliwack clinic in 2019 will not spend any time behind bars.

Sanjay Amrutkar was handed a 12-month conditional sentence order, and 11 months probation on March 15.

Amrutkar, who was 39 at the time, had initially been charged with eight counts of sexual assault for inappropriately touching patients during treatments at a Chilliwack clinic.

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Jennifer Feinberg

About the Author: Jennifer Feinberg

I have been a Chilliwack Progress reporter for 20+ years, covering the arts, city hall, as well as Indigenous, and climate change stories.
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