A day after 13 persons were arrested on charges of their involvement in determination of sex of foetus in Odisha’s Ganjam district, Berhampur police turned the heat on husbands, who took their wives to the illegal centre in desire of sons.
“We have identified 11 men who were their wives at the illegal sex selection centre. They will be proceeded against under Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (PCPNDT) Act, 1994,” Saravana Vivek M, Berhampur Superintendent of Police, told The Hindu on Saturday, May 28, 2022.
“We deliberately let husbands go from the spot as their arrest could have triggered a commotion. We did not want to put pregnant women under any kind of mental trauma. However, husbands have already been identified and made part of the investigation,” said Mr. Vivek.
