Kʼtaka health officials bust prenatal sex determination racket in inter-state decoy operation:Report
Bengaluru: In a first for the Karnataka health department, a team of officials conducted an interstate decoy operation with the help of their Andhra Pradesh counterparts and uncovered a racket involved in prenatal sex determination.
According to a report published by Deccan Herald on Thursday, the investigation began after a pregnant woman from Mandya district revealed during a routine health check-up that she had learned the sex of her unborn child during a visit to Guntakal in Andhra Pradesh. Disturbingly, she also admitted to discontinuing her medication after discovering she was carrying a girl child.
Asha workers in Malavalli, who noticed the woman’s deteriorating health, alerted senior health officials after learning about the illegal procedure. The woman and her husband reportedly obtained the sex determination test through a contact whose identity was initially unknown.
Following this, Dr Vivek Dorai, state nodal officer, Pre Conception and Pre Natal Diagnostic Techniques (PCPNDT), planned a decoy operation in coordination with Dr K.V.N.S. Anil Kumar, his counterpart in Andhra Pradesh.
As part of the operation, the same Mandya couple was asked to reconnect with the original agent. Karnataka officials provided the couple with Rs 9,000 in cash after marking the serial number of the notes. The couple contacted the agent again, expressing interest in another sex determination test.
The agent accepted Rs 7,500 and facilitated contact with a medical officer to carry out the test. She later informed the couple that the foetus was female and reportedly revealed that a medical termination of pregnancy could be arranged through one Dr Baby, a registered medical practitioner based in Guntakal. She even shared a contact number for the procedure.
Later, the officials checked the cash in the hands of the agent and confirmed that she had the currency with the pre-recorded serial numbers, the report added.
The Karnataka health department has since handed over all findings to the Andhra Pradesh officials for further investigation and possible legal action.
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Telangana: Man sets woman on fire for 'rejecting' marriage proposal
Hyderabad (PTI): A 28-year-old married woman was set on fire allegedly by a man after she "rejected" his marriage proposal in Mahabubabad town on Tuesday, police said.
The accused, in his 40s, who runs a shop, had developed an "illicit" relationship with the woman and was suspecting that she was in contact with another person and that she was "ignoring" him.
He poured petrol on the woman when she was alone at her house and set her on fire. He then hugged her and both of them suffered injuries, police said.
They were initially shifted to Government Hospital in Mahabubabad and later admitted to another state-run Hospital in Warangal for further treatment.
As per the doctors, the woman suffered 90 per cent burns in the incident while the accused 75 per cent burns, police said.
The woman's mother, in a complaint to the police, stated that her daughter was married to a man in Gudur mandal.
Due to family disputes, the woman came to Mahabubabad along with her two children and was residing there for the past three years.
She was running a vegetable cart. The accused was already married, and his wife had passed away. He developed an"illicit" relationship with the woman, police said.
The accused allegedly forced and harassed the victim to marry him, the complainant said.
Based on a complaint, an attempt to murder case was registered in connection with the incident, police added.
