Sex test racket busted in Gurugram, four arrested

GURUGRAM: A team of Punjab health department, along with Gurugram cops and district health officials, busted an interstate sex determination racket in the city on Monday. Four people were arrested for allegedly carrying out sex determination at a private clinic in Shivali Nagar of Old Gurugram. An FIR has been registered against the accused.
The raid followed a tip-off received by Dr Raju Dhir of the Punjab health department, about a racket operating out of Gurugram, where people from Punjab are sent for sex determination. Based on this, health departments of both states jointly formed a team. The team tracked down some people in Punjab, with whom the accused were in touch. “One of our team members called in as a customer and asked for a sex determination procedure. The accused agreed and demanded Rs 35,000. The accused then asked the “customer” to reach Gurugram at night, where the procedure would be carried out,” said a team member.

The team reached the city on Monday night, where they were met by a team from Gurugram, sent by chief medical officer B K Rajora, who was alerted in advance by the team from Punjab. The accused took them to the ultrasound clinic in Shivaji Nagar, where they were arrested red-handed by cops.

Identified as Satish, Devender, Nitin and Gopal, the accused used to call people in Punjab to get sex determination done in the city. While Satish and Devender used to look for customers in Punjab, Gopal used to tie-up with ultrasound clinics to carry out the procedure, while Nitin used to take the customers to the clinic. Sources said the accused never entertained requests of sex determination from Haryana residents.

“The four could be nabbed successfully because of proper coordination between different departments,” said a senior district health department official.