Quack held for conducting sex determination tests, abortions, running clinic illegally
A case under sections 420 (cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property), 467 (forgery of valuable security), 465 (punishment for forgery) and 471 (using as genuine a forged document) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Section 15 of the IMC Act has been registered against the quack.
Mohali: A quack has been arrested under IPC Sections 420, 467, 468 and 471 along with Section 15 of the Indian Medical Council Act for allegedly running a clinic illegally at Mullanpur for the last 3 years without acquiring any mandatory qualification required to run a healthcare centre.
The man identified as one, Rampal, 40-year-old, was running a clinic under the name of Saini Hospital at Mullanpur where he was allegedly carrying out sex determination tests and abortion procedures
The matter came to light when the Health Department received a complaint regarding the illegal selling of drugs.
On taking account of the complaint, a raid was jointly conducted by the Special Task Force (STF) and Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) after which the police sealed the clinic.
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