Haryana Doctor, Repeat Offender under PNDT Act absconding after another raid

Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques Act, (PNDT) 1994 is an Act of the Parliament of India enacted to stop female foeticides and arrest the declining sex ratio in India. The act banned prenatal sex determination.

To nab the accused red-handed, the health department officials came up with a carefully planned sting operation. The operation involved a team comprising of Dr Bharat Bhushan, Dr Harsimran, a pregnant woman named Saroj, and several other doctors who acted as decoys.

At first, the team contacted the female accused who was an alleged tout of the accused doctor for a sex determination test for Saroj. Following this, the female accused told them to visit her near a service station in Barwala in the evening. Subsequently, Saroj along with an ambulance driver Surender went to the designated place at around 9 p.m., The Tribune reports.

Later, the female accused along with her friend came on a motorcycle and demanded Rs 50,000 for the test. After Saroj paid the amount to the duo, she was blindfolded and taken to a house in Krishna Colony. The accused doctor was waiting there to check up on Saroj. He brought an ultrasound machine and checked the sex of the foetus and disappeared from there.

The accused were caught red-handed as soon as they came to drop Saroj informing her that she was carrying a girl. The team hiding near the spot came out and arrested them. 

The arrests were carried out after the Sirsa Health Department received a tip-off about an illegal sex determination running in Barwala. Moreover, the person behind the racket was reported to be the doctor who formed another gang to carry the racket.

Later, PNDT nodal officer, Dr Prabhu Dayal reported the incident to the police and the accused were detained. 

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