Two Oakland County women were indicted in connection with a widening female genital mutilation case out of the Detroit area Wednesday.

Farida Arif and Fatema Dahodwala were charged with female genital mutilation and conspiracy to commit female genital mutilation. Dahodwala is also charged with conspiracy to obstruct an officials proceeding by making false statements to investigators.

Federal prosecutors believe Dr. Jumana Nagarwala, 44, a former Henry Ford Medical Center surgeon from Northville, performed the illegal female circumcisions after hours at the since-closed Livonia clinic owned by Dr. Fakhruddin Attar. Fakhruddin Attar's wife, Farida Attar, 50, and Tahera Shafiq, are believed to have assisted during the procedures.

The government identified four possible victims in the case who are alleged to have underwent female genital mutilation procedures between May 30, 2015 and Feb. 3, 2017.

Initial charges against the Attars and Nagarwala were in connection with two procedures involving 7-year-old girls who traveled to Metro Detroit from Minnesota.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Sarah Woodward previously said in court it's possible the defendants performed nearly 100 procedures over the 12-year period between 2005 and 2017. Some of the victims the government has identified are from Michigan.

The procedure, intended to reduce female sexual pleasure, involves removal of all or portions of the clitoris and/or labia as part of a religious rite of passage within a Muslim sect that originated in India and is known as the Dawoodi Bohra. It's usually performed by women on girls once they reach age 7.

Several of the defendants are believed to be members of Anjuman-e-Najmi Detroit, a Farmington Hills mosque that caters to members of the Dawoodi Bohra.

Child Protective Services is attempting to terminate Nagarwala's custody her two children and the Attar's custody of their daughter.

At a child custody hearing for Nagarwala last week, it was alleged that Anjuman-e-Najmi Detroit compensated the doctor for performing religious procedures on young girls within the sect; however, the mosque is adamant that is incorrect.

Nagarwala is jailed in lieu of a bond. The Attars were granted conditions for bond, including house arrest and GPS monitoring, but remained in custody last week.

Shafiq was arraigned and released on bond last week.