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Washington, Jan 9 (IANS) A New Jersey physician has been charged in a sweeping 58-count federal indictment accusing him of running an opioid “pill mill,” exchanging prescriptions for sexual favors, and defrauding the state’s Medicaid program over several years, US prosecutors have said.Ritesh Kalra, 52, of Secaucus City in New Jersey, was indicted on charges that include unlawful distribution of opioids, maintaining a drug-involved premises, and health care fraud. Kalra, an internist, appe…