Yamunanagar Doctor selling medicines guaranteeing male child arrested
Doctor arrested
Yamunanagar: In a raid at a private clinic in the city, a team of the state health department caught a doctor who was allegedly selling allopathic medicine that guaranteed the birth of a baby boy.
After nabbing the accused red-handed, the health authorities handed him to the police following which he was arrested under Section 420 (cheating) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC); 12 and 21 of the NDPS Act; 15 (2) and 15 (3) of the Indian Medical Council Act; 34 (1) and 34 (2) of the National Medical Commission Act and relevant Sections of the PC PNDT Act.
Around 13 different types of allopathic medications were discovered to be expired and stored within the clinic's premises. The clinic was located in Shastri Colony near Fountain Chowk in Yamunanagar City.
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According to the health department officials, the medicines were unfit for human consumption. It was alleged that the accused sold the medicine to the woman who is reportedly a decoy promising that she will give birth to a male child after the course of this medication.
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