Why Gurugram’s foeticide fight is suffering

The Times of India | Gurgaon | TNN | Mar 15, 2018, 03:42 IST

GURUGRAM: A quack was arrested for his alleged involvement in a pre-natal sex determination racket, during a raid on a private clinic near IMT-Manesar on Monday but his two associates fled the scene even before health officials and cops could reach the spot.

GURUGRAM: A quack was arrested for his alleged involvement in a pre-natal sex determination racket, during a raid on a private clinic near IMT-Manesar on Monday but his two associates fled the scene even before health officials and cops could reach the spot.

For instance, during the raid on Monday, health officials and police nabbed Sachin from Trusha Hospital in Manesar’s Bhangrola village with the help of a decoy patient. But his two accomplices — Sonu Yadav, a quack, and Pawan, a tout — managed to flee with the ultrasound machine, which was allegedly being used for conducting sex determination tests. Now, without the machine which had the data, it would be difficult for the officials to probe Sachin and his aides were indeed conducting sex tests.

 Similarly, the authorities could not file the challan in the case of Jannat Hospital and Maternity Centre in Ashok Vihar (Sector 5) due to lack of evidence. The centre was raided in July last year. City’s Vatika Medicare was raided on September 17, 2015, and subsequently, police filed a case against its owner under various sections of the IPC but they did not provide any information on the status of the complaint under Section 28 of the PNDT Act.
 A senior health official said, “We need coordinated efforts by the prosecution, health department and police to achieve success in such cases. Law officers dealing with such cases need to provide legal support to police and health officials at various levels.”

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