Kendrapada, November 2 (Odisha.in) Police seized an ultrasound machine and detained a doctor and the owner of a private clinic for hours in the district of Kendrapada.
Police detained Dr Sanjay Kumar Sahoo and Seikh Shyamasuddin the owner of “Babu Medical” a private nursing home at Chamarkhati market under Aul block on the charges of using illegally ultrasound machine to determine the sex in the wombs” in charge of Aul police station Seikh Akbar Ali said.
“The district collector had directed us to raid the private nursing home as many locals alleged that it has been illegally determining the sex of child in the womb.
During raid we found that at least 30 pregnant women were present in the nursing home to know the sex of their children in the wombs.
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