August 12, 2026

California prison psychiatrist arrested on charge of rape

Mayna Meah Choudry, 65, is accused of using drugs Wednesday to make the 39-year-old woman lose consciousness, then sexually assaulting and beating the woman.

Police Lt. Skip McKune said Choudry knew the woman and picked her up early last week near Reno. He agreed to pay her $1,000 a day if she would accompany him to California and help him celebrate his birthday.

The woman called police on Thursday, and Choudry was arrested later that day for investigation of rape and false imprisonment.

Choudry works at the Women's Correctional Facility in Chowchilla.

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