Five arrested for conducting sex determination tests in UP

Muzaffarnagar: A health department sting operation unearthed an illegal pre-natal sex determination test racket here leading to the arrest of five persons, including a doctor, officials said.

Health officials raided the test centre operating from a house here last evening, apprehended Dr Rupesh Kumar and four others and sealed the building, Additional Chief Medical Officer S K Aggarwal said.

During interrogation, it was revealed that the centre had been charging Rs 10,000-15,000 per client, Aggarwal added.