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Two sex detection rackets busted in Ludhiana
Ultrasound machines seized; three people arrested in the first raid and a matron in the second one
Two illegal sex detection centres were unearthed during raids carried out on Tuesday and Wednesday.
The first raid was carried out by a team of the Punjab health department in Pratap Chowk in which three people were arrested and an ultrasound machine was recovered.
The accused have been identified as Manmohan Pal of Janakpuri, who is a registered medical practitioner (RMP), and Tinku Rana and Ramesh Lal, who were acting as touts for him, police said.
District family planning officer Dr SP Singh said the accused were arrested on the basis of a tip-off.
Investigating officer Gurdev Singh said that Pal had been booked earlier by Shimlapuri police for a similar offence.
The second raid was conducted in coordination with a team of the Haryana health department at a matron’s house on Daba Road.
The team tracked the accused through a decoy patient who was posing as pregnant woman. “The matron had established a clinic where she was operating the sex detection centre. She was arranging the ultrasound through another person. As soon as she arranged the machine, she was arrested and handed over to the health department team and Hisar police,” said SP Singh.
Preliminary investigation has revealed that the machines were being procured from Jharkhand and other parts of India. “The ultrasound machines used for such crimes are more than 15 years old. Such gangs operate in clandestine manner and tracking them is really difficult,” said Singh.
