Acting on a tip-off received by health authorities in Panipat, the team coordinated with Dr. Chandan Soni, Deputy Chief Medical Officer of Gautam Buddh Nagar, and conducted a sting operation on Friday.
According to the news reports, authorities executed a sting operation by sending a pregnant woman to the scanning centre after negotiating a Rs 25,000 deal with a broker.
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"Of the amount, Rs 20,000 was handed over to the staff on the day of the test, while Rs 5,000 was transferred online to the account of a woman named Maryam. Soon after the woman's ultrasound, the staff distributed the cash among themselves and placed the remaining Rs 10,000 on the doctor's table. The note was pre-identified with a serial number and matched with those found at the centre," deputy CMO Soni said, reports TOI.
Following the raid, five individuals were arrested, including the clinic owner, a broker, a receptionist, a money handler, and a medical store operator. Two ultrasound machines were seized, and the team recovered marked currency note. According to officials, the centre had been operational for over a decade.
Speaking to TOI, the deputy CMO said, "An FIR has been filed under BNS 318(4) (cheating) and the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques Act, 1994."
The raid comes at a time when the government in neighbouring Haryana has launched a crackdown on sex determination clinics. At a recent meeting chaired by Additional Chief Secretary (Health) Sudhir Rajpal, strategies were laid out to track and dismantle these networks using phone records, financial trails, and location data of those arrested.
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