Five arrested for in sex determination case

Two touts and three other persons including a nurse were arrested today from village Mangiana here for allegedly indulging in illegal sex determination test, officials said.

The accused were also found possessing a portable sonography machine.

The arrests were carried out following a raid jointly conducted by Haryana health department officials and district administration Sirsa today, a spokesman of Health department said.

He said that the touts, Jitender alias Sonu and Jagdish were arrested along with three others including a nurse for violating the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (PCPNDT) Act and conducting sex determination test.

A FIR has been registered against them in Dabwali police station, he said, further investigation is on in the case.