Doctor, nurse arrested for carrying out sex determination test

A doctor from Gujarat and an auxiliary nurse midwife (ANM) from Rajasthan have been arrested for their alleged involvement in sex determination test here, officials said today.

The accused, who were arrested during a raid by the Health Department on July 17, have been booked under the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (PCPNDT) Act, Special Secretary of the Medical and Health Department Naveen Jain said.

The arrested are ANM Nirmala Kumari who was posted at a health centre in Udaipur and Dr Jitendra Kumar Shukla based in Gujarat.