Karnataka govt transfers probe into sex determination racket to CID
Hindustan TimesThe Karnataka government has transferred the investigation of a sex determination and illegal abortion racket to the Criminal Investigation Department. Police said 11 people, including two doctors, have been arrested so far; the accused conducted 242 abortions of female foetuses According to a statement from the chief minister’s office, the state government has assigned the CID the responsibility of investigation into the case. Bengaluru police commissioner B Dayananda, providing details on the investigation, said the illicit operation was initially uncovered in October when the Byappanahalli police arrested four individuals operating a laboratory at a sugarcane processing unit in Mandya. Subsequently, the police had arrested five more individuals, including two doctors, involved in the illegal abortion of female foetuses in Mysuru. Dayananda, providing additional details of the probe, said that the accused had conducted 242 illegal abortions of female foetuses over the past three months.