Pune: The Pune rural police on Friday
arrested
a
doctor
and two others for allegedly conducting a
sex determination test at Birobachiwadi at Daund near Pune.
The arrested persons include Dr Madhukar Shinde and his assistant-cum-driver Santosh Otari from Phaltan in Satara district, and agent Hemant Atole of Ravangaon in Daund.
Following a tip-off, a police team led by assistant inspector Chandrashekar Yadav raided a house in Birobachiwadi. The doctor and the two others were arrested while they were allegedly conducting the sex determination
test
on a woman.
Yadav told TOI the police had recovered a sonography machine with apparatus, identify cards, three rubber stamps, eight cellphones and Rs 59,4000 from the suspects.
He said Shinde was an MBBS. He was appointed as a medical officer in a government hospital in Ratnagiri, but he played truant for a year-and-a-half. He has been allegedly practising privately in Pune district for conducting sex determination test.
Investigation has revealed that Atole helped Shinde in getting clients.
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Asseem Shaikh is a special correspondent at The Times of India, P...
Read MoreAsseem Shaikh is a special correspondent at The Times of India, Pune. He holds a PG degree in Journalism and Communication and Human Rights, and has been a journalist for about 20 years now. He covers the crime and legal beats with special focus on ‘syndicated’ crime, cyber crime, terrorism, custodial deaths, fake encounters and human rights violations. Has made good use of the Right to Information Act for journalistic purposes. He loves to travel.
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