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Amitabh Chauhan of Ancaster and Suganthan Kayilasanathan of Markham were charged Friday with administering a noxious thing and committing gang sexual assault. They are to appear in court on Saturday.

Both men are 32 and registered with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario. No disciplinary complaints or restrictions are listed on their files.

According to the College directory, Dr. Chauhan works in the department of plastic surgery at McMaster University.

Dr. Kayilasanathan has been working as a family physician at the Clinicare Medical Centre in Scarborough for the past four or five months, said a doctor at the walk-in clinic.

“He was supposed to come in for work today [Friday], but he called and said it was an emergency and he had to help his friend,” said the doctor, who asked not to be named.

Dr. Kayilasanathan, who studied at a Caribbean medical school, has a full patient load and works six days a week, she said. “He was fully booked with patients today.”

She was unaware of the charges. The young doctor she knows is an upstanding person who cares about his patients, she said.

Police believe there might be more victims and are urging anyone with information about the accused to contact police.