Officials raid diagnostic centre, 3 arrested

A city-based diagnostic centre, which allegedly carried out sex-determination tests and involved in female foeticide, was sealed today in a raid and three persons were arrested, police said.
The diagnostic centres, situated on Bagpat road, was allegedly carrying out sex determination tests on women from neighbouring Haryana and also carrying out illegal abortion of female foetuses, ASP Shankalp Sharma said.
The raid was conducted jointly by a team of Haryana health department officials, including the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) of Panipat and Uttar Pradesh police, he said, adding that three persons, including the owner of the centre Sanjay Agarwal and his two agents, Pushpendra and Bittoo, were also arrested.

The action came following a complaint by a woman to the District Magistrate of Panipat that she was taken to Meerut to carry out sex-determination test and abortion after it was found that she was having a female foetus, the official said.