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Doctor, tout caught in sting operation

Tightening its noose around female feticide, Hamirpur district administration along with the police nabbed a doctor and a tout in…

Statesman News Service | Shimla | February 5, 2018 2:03 am

Doctor, tout caught in sting operation

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Tightening its noose around female feticide, Hamirpur district administration along with the police nabbed a doctor and a tout in a PC-PNDT sting.

Hamirpur district Deputy Commissioner Rakesh Kumar Prajapati said on Sunday that in a joint exercise by the district administration along with the police, an Ultra Sound centre in Ghumarwin was sealed following alleged conspiracy of pre-natal examination.

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Following a complaint by a women from Hamirpur district, a sting operation was undertaken as a part of the joint operation along with the PC-PNDT team on Saturday to trap the doctor along with a tout and they were caught red handed, he added.

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