Gurugram Health Dept conducts raids to check sex determination tests
By IANS |
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Wed, Feb 3 2021 14:48 IST |
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Gurugram health dept busts sex-determination racket in Jhajjar. Image Source: IANS News
Gurugram, Feb 3 : To check sex determination tests in Gurugram and adjoining states, the Gurugram Health Department has conducted 14 raids in the last one year, of which eight were conducted in other states and the rest in Gurugram district, health officials said.
A raid was conducted on January 29 in south-west Delhi s Najafgarh area in which seven persons, including three women, were arrested and Rs 75,000 recovered from them. We have instructed our team to keep a strict watch on hospitals and clinics by visiting them on a regular basis and collect information about such wrong practices. In the last one year, the Health Department conducted several raids in Gurugram, Rajasthan, Delhi and Uttar Pradesh to curb sex determination tests, said G