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Sex Determination Racket Busted in Haryana as Authorities Arrest Two

Law enforcement officials in Rewari have dismantled an illicit medical syndicate operating portable ultrasound equipment for illegal fetal sex determination. The arrests highlight ongoing challenges in enforcing statutory protections against selective gender termination in northern rural districts.

TOI PunjabSeptember 14, 20261 min read
Sex Determination Racket Busted in Haryana as Authorities Arrest Two
The Strategic Consequence
State health ministries will mandate GPS tracking on all registered portable ultrasound devices to curb unauthorized off-site deployment.

Acting on localized intelligence raids, health department officials and local police intercepted an operating mobile clinic conducting illegal sex-selective diagnostics in northern Haryana. Two individuals were taken into custody alongside confiscated scanning hardware utilized to service clients across district boundaries. The operation exposes the adaptability of underground networks that continually evade regulatory oversight by decentralizing their diagnostic equipment. The underlying tension reveals the stubborn persistence of patriarchal preferences that drive illegal sex determination despite decades of stringent legislative bans. Local enforcement agencies frequently struggle against entrenched social complicity and the clandestine nature of mobile medical rackets operating in semi-rural townships. Public health campaigns have failed to fully eradicate the demand side of this illicit economy. The immediate consequence is an intensified crackdown on private ultrasound clinics and increased surveillance of unlicensed medical practitioners throughout the region. While the arrests provide a temporary deterrent, systemic eradication requires deeper socioeconomic interventions addressing gender bias. Judicial proceedings against the accused will set an important test for the strictness of local enforcement under protective health statutes.

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