Illegal sex determination racket busted in Gujarat, doctor arrested

Jaipur: Busting an illegal sex determination racket in Gujarat’s Sabarkantha district, a doctor was recently caught red-handed for allegedly determining the sex of the foetus of a pregnant woman at Drupad Hospital in exchange for Rs 20,000.   

Afterwards, the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (PCPNDT) Cell of Rajasthan on Wednesday arrested the doctor along with an agent following a decoy operation. 

According to the police, the doctor conducted an illegal sex determination on a pregnant woman who was sent by the investigative team. The pregnant woman, a resident of Udaipur, paid a total of Rs 22,000 to the doctor and the agent to determine the sex of her fetus. The doctor received Rs 20,000 while the agent received Rs 2,000.

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The agent's involvement was revealed when the team caught the doctor during the act after receiving information about the pregnant woman. The PCPNCT cell officials told TOI that they received information about the woman consulting with the doctor for allegedly checking the sex of her foetus.

Confirming the tip-off, the officials formed a team and sent three inspectors—Gunjan Soni, Satyapal Yadav and Preeti Chechi to conduct the decoy operation. They met with the women, reached Dungarpur and contacted the doctor’s agent in Sabarkantha in this regard. 

As per The Daily, the pregnant woman from Dungarpur was supposed to be taken by the doctor's agent to Sabarkantha for a foetal sex determination. However, the representative did not show up in Dungarpur and instead instructed the pregnant woman to go to Drupad Hospital in Khed Brahma, Sabarkantha district, Gujarat.

Afterwards, the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques Cell of Jaipur reached Sabarkantha and contacted their Gujarat counterparts and the team caught the doctor red-handed at the hospital. They recovered the cash along with a sonography machine. 

Further, the team seized the machine during the operation and handed the doctor and the agent to Sabarkantha’s chief medical health officer for further action.

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