Chandigarh, July 8, 2015: While intensifying its drive against the social evil of female feticide, a team of Haryana Health Department raided an abortion clinic on Guga Madi Road, Shahabad in district Kurukshetra late evening yesterday and confiscated kit and medicine used in abortion and various type of banned drugs from the spot.
Giving this information today, an official spokesman said that on the basis of secret information, the Deputy Commissioner Kurukshetra Mr C. G Rajini Kaanthan constituted a team comprising of acting Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Dr K.K Sharma, Secretary Red Cross Society, Kulbir Malik, Senior Medical Officer (SMO) Dr Lalit Kalsan, Deputy Civil Surgeon Dr Sunita Sharma and Drug Control Officer Mr Gurcharan Singh.
He said that acting swiftly, the team raided the first floor of a denting and painting shop on the Guga Madi road and arrested a midwife from there. The team also confiscated MTP Kit, a tablet used for abortion and various types of banned medicines and drugs from the spot. Apart from this, the team also recovered several medical equipment.
The spokesman said that the district administration has received information that an illegal trade of abortion was being run in Shahabad and a midwife is indulged in it. On the direction of Deputy Commissioner, a team was constituted which successfully executed the whole operation. He said that the department has recommended registration of a criminal case by the police in this connection. During the investigation more facts are also expected to be revealed indicating the involvement of other accused in this case, he added. / (SK Vyas, Jalandhar)