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Hyderabad: Police have busted an alleged illegal sex determination racket operating in Vanasthalipuram in Telangana’s Ranga Reddy district following a decoy operation conducted at a private hospital.
According to police, the operation was carried out at Hayagreeva Hospital after receiving information about illegal prenatal sex determination tests. As part of the decoy operation, a woman constable in plain clothes was sent to the hospital to inquire about such tests.
Police said the hospital’s director and a receptionist allegedly assured her that the test could be arranged. She was subsequently referred to a laboratory technician at a clinic in Tukkuguda.
Based on the information gathered, police accompanied the woman constable to Sri Sai Dhanush Clinic Laboratory in Tukkuguda, where they allegedly caught a person conducting sex determination tests.
Police have registered a case against Hayagreeva Hospital director Korra Raju and two others, identified as Lokesh and Vijay Kumar. Further investigation is underway.
Officials said they are also probing whether additional individuals or a larger network were involved in the illegal operation.
Sex determination tests for the purpose of identifying the gender of a foetus are prohibited under the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (PCPNDT) Act in India, except under specific medical circumstances permitted by law.
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