PNDT Raid: Two Gynecologists, agent arrested for sex determination
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Jaipur: The Pre-Conception Pre-Natal Diagnostic Technique (PCPNDT) cell unit has arrested two gynecologists and one agent after they were caught red-handed performing sex determination tests during a sting operation.
State’s appropriate authority (PCPNDT) Navin Jain told the TOI that two simultaneous decoy operations were conducted after which they arrested a doctor, who is MD in gynecology, Dr Bharat Bhai Kuber Patel, who works in Shradha Hospital. Another gynecologist was simultaneously caught from Jeevandeep Hospital.
The appropriate authority began conducting sting operations in the Banswara and Dungarpur after noticing the falling sex ratio in the two areas. Probing the matter, they received a tip-off about an agent who operated in the area for sex determination. The authorities them took the help of a pregnant decoy patient and sent the women to Gujarat’s Santrampur area of Mahisagar district for identifying the sex of the fetus.
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