Sex-determination racket unearthed in Nuh; doctor, agent arrested

An illegal sex-determination racket was unearthed during a raid on an ultrasound centre in Nuh district conducted by a joint team of Health Department from Rohtak and Rewari districts on Monday.

A doctor and an agent nabbed during the joint operation have been handed over to the police by the raiding team.

The arrested doctor has been identified as Dr Rajvir Singh and the agent as Ashik Ali, while another agent, Iklash Khan, is at large.

"We had prepared a pregnant woman as a decoy customer. Agent Iklash Khan demanded an amount of Rs 70,000 from her. When she agreed to pay the said amount, she was called to the Nuh bus stand," said Dr Ramesh Chander, Civil Surgeon, Rohtak.

Dr Vishvjeet Rathee, the Nodal Officer for PC and PNDT Act in Rohtak district, said another agent Ashik Ali took the decoy customer from Nuh bus stand to Suraj Ultrasound Centre located at Nalhar Turn in Nuh and got her foetal sex-determination done.

"Our team was keeping a close watch on the goings-on. We raided the ultrasound centre, from where we recovered Rs 70,000 and sealed the ultrasound equipment used to determine the gender of the foetus," Dr Rathee said.

The evidence seized from the centre has been handed over to the police for further action, he added.