Karnataka women officers bust illegal prenatal sex determination, abortion racket in Maharashtra

By The Hindu Staff

1 hour ago 1 views

Karnataka women officers bust illegal prenatal sex determination, abortion racket in Maharashtra — Photo credit: The Hindu

A team of officers from Bagalkot uncovered an illegal scanning, sex determination and abortion racket at Jadar Babaladi village in Maharashtra on Monday. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT

A team of women officers from Karnataka busted an alleged illegal scanning, prenatal sex determination and abortion racket in neighbouring Maharashtra village.

The special task force was headed by Shwetha Beedikar, Assistant Commissioner, Jamakhandi in Bagalkot district, and included Health Department’s Deputy Director Shobha T.R., District Health and Family Welfare Officer Suvarna Kulkarni, Manu and tahsildar Girish Swadi.

In Bagalkot district

They conducted a sting operation in Jadar Babaladi village in Maharashtra following complaints that a gang had conducted illegal scanning of pregnant women from Bagalkot district. An FIR has been registered against the accused.

Originally published by The Hindu on Oct 6, 2026 Read the full article at thehindu.com

Read original

About this page. Sisnoo is an aggregator. This article was imported from a publisher feed and may have been reformatted. Copyright remains with the original publisher, and the headline, image and any quoted text are used for attribution and indexing purposes. Source links are preserved on every item in the archive.