Doctor, 3 others booked for alleged involvement in illegal sex determination racket

Hisar: An illegal sex determination racket has been busted by the health department operating from Dhattarwal Hospital in Hansi following which a criminal case was registered against four women, including a doctor.  

The health department also seized two ultrasound machines and other related records from the spot. 

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Based on the complaint of nodal officer Dr Prabhu Dayal, the Hansi City police station has registered a case, said Dr Kamid Monga.

The accused persons have been identified as Geeta alias Koki, who worked as a nurse in Jindal Hospital, Hisar; Poonam, a resident of Vikas Nagar, Hansi; Jasvir Kaur, a resident of Gandhi Nagar, Hansi; and Dr Urmil Dhattarwal, reports the Times of India. 

Medical Dialogues team had earlier reported a similar incident where a raid carried out by the health department at an ultrasound clinic near Haileymandi on Pataudi road led to the arrest of three people, including a doctor for allegedly running a prenatal sex determination racket. The police informed that the accused had charged around Rs 75,000 per family/pregnant woman from Delhi, Jhajjar, Pataudi and other neighbouring areas who came there for determining the sex of the foetus after registering them using fake names in the clinic. 

A team was formed after the health department received information about the racket. To bust the racket, the department set up a pregnant woman as a decoy customer and asked one of their clerks to play the role of her husband. After the sex determination process was over, the team performed a raid at the clinic, following which they arrested three men.

The complaint had been filed by Dr Pardeep Kumar, deputy civil surgeon cum Pre-natal Diagnostic Technique (PNDT) Act nodal officer. 

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