Five held for illegal sex determination, female foeticide in Karnataka
Mysuru (PTI): Five people have been arrested for their alleged involvement in illegal sex determination tests and female foeticide, Karnataka Health Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao said on Thursday.
The gang operated in Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s Varuna constituency in Mysuru district.
According to health department officials, they received a tip-off about the sex determination tests and foeticide. They raided a farmhouse in village Hunaganahalli on Bannur Highway in Varuna and nabbed the culprits on Wednesday evening.
Rao shared details of the operation carried out by the health department officials in a social media post.
“It has been discovered that a sex determination operation is being carried out at Hunaganahalli Farm House near Bannur Highway. Our Health Department officials have successfully ensured the arrest of those involved in the foeticide through a secret operation. It has been discovered that they are conducting sex determination with the help of a pregnant woman,” the Minister said.
During the operation, four pregnant women were present at the scene for the sex determination of the foetus and a scanning device was found.
A case has been registered under the Prenatal Sex Determination of Fetus (PCPNDT) Act, and the Health Department is continuously fighting against female foeticide, Rao said.
Underlining that female foeticide is a social scourge, the Minister asked people to take a proactive step towards it.
“The society should be aware of this and take the initiative to wage war against female foeticide. The Health Department is always with those who cooperate against foeticide.. No matter how big they are, our government is determined to eliminate female foeticide,” he said.
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NEET student hangs self in Rajasthan's Sikar
Jaipur (PTI): A student preparing for the NEET examination allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself in a rented room in Rajasthan's Sikar on Friday, police said.
According to the police, the student allegedly hanged himself from a ceiling fan using his sister's scarf while one sister was attending coaching classes and the other was in the bathroom.
He had appeared in the NEET UG exam 2026, which was cancelled due to paper leak, they said.
Udyog Nagar SHO Rajesh Kumar said that the deceased, identified as Pradeep Meghwal, was a resident of Kanika ki Dhani village in Jhunjhunu's Gudha Gaudji area.
He had been living in a rented room in Sikar's Jaldhari Nagar area with his two sisters while preparing for NEET over the last three years.
His elder sister later found him hanging and informed the landlord and police after bringing him down, officials said.
The SHO said the body was kept at SK Hospital mortuary, and a postmortem had not been conducted.
The student's father, Rajesh Kumar Meghwal, told police that Pradeep's NEET examination had gone well and the family was expecting him to score around 650 marks.
Former Rajasthan deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot expressed grief over the incident and linked it to anxiety among students after reports of irregularities and paper leaks in NEET 2026.
Pilot said repeated paper leak incidents and cancellation of examinations were affecting students' mental health and demanded a time-bound investigation and strict action against those responsible.
