1. Vigilance stepped up in Mandya and Mysuru following police investigation into female foeticide racket
The district administrations in Mandya and Mysuru have stepped up their vigilance following police investigations that unravelled a prenatal sex determination and female foeticide racket rampant across Bengaluru, Mandya and Mysuru districts. Mysuru Deputy Commissioner K.V. Rajendra said a team comprising officials from the police, health, urban local body and AYUSH will be constituted to conduct spot inspection of the places which surfaced in the police investigation.
Investigations into a sex determination racket busted by the Baiyappanahalli police on September 15 have revealed that two doctors and their seven hospital staff involved in the racket had performed 242 sex determination and abortion of female infants in the last three months. The doctors would charge between ₹20,000 to ₹25,000 for abortion and ₹5,000 for sex determination.
