A joint team of Haryana Health and Police Departments have nabbed two doctors involved in conducting sex determination tests.
Following a tip off, the team has seized the machines being used for the test and also recovered about `30,000 in cash from their possession.
A spokesman of the Police Department said that secret information was received that one Registered Medical Practitioner (RMP) doctor, who is a resident of village Ghunkawali, district Sonepat, is indulged in carrying out sex determination test.
He said that the doctor has been doing so with the help of other persons.
The team had approached RMP Dr Jagdish Godara through a woman as a dummy patient and asked him to perform the test to which he agreed. The said woman was first asked to come to Dabwali and then she was taken to ludhiana Piles Hospital located in Moga where he informed the lady that the test would be performed by BAMS Dr Sunit Mittal. The team of police and Health Department nabbed Dr Godara and Dr Mittal from the spot and seized the machines and equipment being used for performing the test.
The spokesperson said that a case has been registered against both doctors under PNDT Act and they would be taken on remand from court so that other persons indulged in this crime could be exposed.