Odisha: Foetus sex detection racket busted in Berhampur, 13 held

Berhampur Police on Friday busted an illegal foetus sex detection racket and arrested 13 persons including the main accused and an ASHA worker in the case13 arrested for running interstate ultrasound racket to determine whether foetus of pregnant women was male or female On detecting a foetus as female they would arrange for an abortion Prime accused running this centre for past few years said Berhampur Superintendent Of Police Saravana Vivek MThe accused have been identified as Durga Prasad Nayak 41 Akshaya Dalai 24 Hari Mohana Dalai 42 Rina Pradhan 40 Ashakarmi in CHC Kholikote and Rabindranath Satpathy 39 of Sri Durga PathologyThe other accused are Kali Charan Bisoyi 38 Nirnay Diagonistic and Research Centre Bhabanagar Chhak Susant Kumar Nanda 40 of Sai Krupa Seva Sadan Nursing Home Padma Charan Bhuyan 60 of Jagannath Clinic Sibaram Pradhan 37 of Josoda Nursing Home Sumanta Kumar Pradhan 30 of Mrutyunjaya Hospital Dhabaleswar Nayak 51 Mailapuri Sujata 49 of Smart Hospital and Subash Ch Raut 48 of RalabaThe police also seized one LOGIQe make Ultrasound machine along with ultrasound probes and connector one Laminated LOGIQ Book XP Ultrasound machine Ultrasound transmission gel used for Ultrasound cash worth Rs 18200 and one mobile phonePortable ultrasound machine which is banned in India since 2005 has been recovered from the prime accused who was running this racket with the involvement of lab owners hospital owners and others added Berhampur SP Saravana Vivek MBased on reliable information regarding illegal sex determination ultrasound test being conducted using an ultrasound machine at Ananda Nagar Ankuli the Berhampur Police team raided the housecumclinic run by Durga Prasad Nayak at around 1230 pm on ThursdayThe accused was conducting sex selection and eleven pregnant women were present on the first floor of the house Two ultrasound machines with probes were seized along with other articles the police saidDurga Prasad Nayak has been running the illegal sex selection centre for more than twothree years without any license and illegally uses the seized ultrasound machine to determine the sex of the foetus of pregnant women the police statedAkshaya Kumar Dalai and Haramohan Dalai have been assisting the accused Durgaprasad Nayak by picking pregnant women from different places and taking them to the house of the accused to determine of sex of the foetusOn Thursday Rina Pradhan who is an ASHA worker brought two pregnant women from her village for the test to his house and received a commission from the accused Durga Prasad Nayak said PoliceOther accused persons who are employed in different labs and private clinics are found to be sending the pregnant women to the clinic through Akshya Dalai and Haramohan Dalai for sex determination of foetus and were receiving commission from Durga Nayak regularlyAll the accused persons have been arrested and are being forwarded to court today said Berhampur SP Saravana Vivek M adding that a further investigation is underwayThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever