Trial in female foeticide case begins tomorrow

"All the accused would be produced before the court during the trial that will start tomorrow at Parli tehsil court here," public prosecutor Atul Tandle told PTI.

Earlier this week, police had filed a chargesheet in Parli court against the doctor couple-- Dr Sudam Munde and his wife Saraswati-- and 15 others.

The couple is accused of carrying out abortion on sugarcane worker Vijaymala Patekar, who was in her second trimester, at their hospital in Parli on May 18 this year, which resulted into her death.

On May 19, the couple had secured bail from Parli court and went into hiding from May 23. The couple absconding for over three weeks, had finally surrendered to the local police on June 17.

Others, who have been charge sheeted in the case include the doctor couple's son Venkatesh, Jalgaon-based Dr Rahul Kolhe, husband of the deceased woman Mahadev Patekar and members of the hospital staff.

According to sources, Maharashtra government has appointed Ujwal Nikam as special public prosecutor to represent the case.