A doctor and a chemist were arrested on Wednesday for running a sex determination racket from their Delhi and Gurugram clinic. The arrest comes following a raid conducted by the health departments of Gurugram and Nuh.
According to the police, Civil Surgeon, Nuh, Kuldeep Singh, received a tip off that a man named Devender was involved in illegal sex determination tests with the help of a doctor. Following this information, a team of the health departments of Gurugram, Nuh and the Gurugram Police was constituted. A decoy patient was prepared and the doctor, Rajeev Bhatia a resident of Sushant Lok of Gurugram and the chemist Devender Kumar a resident of Panipat, were nabbed red-handed from the Huda City Centre Metro Station in Gurugram. The police have also recovered an ultrasound machine from their possession. Police said the doctor was already booked in a case of the same nature earlier. During questioning, the accused disclosed before the police that they used to take Rs 70,000 to 75,000 for conducting illegal determination tests and abortions. A case has been registered against the doctor and the chemist under the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (PCPNDT) Act, 1994; Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971 at Sector-29 police station in Gurugram.