RAID on illegal abortion racket : 68 year old Paediatrician arrested; clinic, machinery sealed
Pune: A 68 year old local paediatrician along with a homeopath are amoung the 6 arrested by the Solapur police for running an illegal abortion racket in the areas. All the men arrested including the doctors and the medical supplier have been charged under 8 sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and also under the provisions of the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act.
A recent report in TOI states that the paediatrician has been remanded in the judicial custody and his clinic and machinery have been sealed. Further investigations have revealed that the doctor had also not renewed the licence for his clinic with the local authorities citing his unwillingness to run the clinic due to old age
The arrests came following a raid that was conducted at the paediatrician's nursing clinic and x-ray clinic in Mangalvedha. Cops suspected that sex determination tests were being carried out at the clinic before aborting the female fetuses. Based on a tip-off, the police raided the clinic where 3 pregnant women were found, who were under the influence of local anaesthesia. On inquiring them, it was found that 2 of them came there to abort their female fetuses.
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