By Express News Service
CUTTACK: Two extra individuals have been arrested on Wednesday by Commissionerate Police for allegedly arranging pregnant ladies who have been keen to endure intercourse willpower at Alfa Healthcare Clinic in Cuttack.
The accused are Santosh Kumar Lenka alias Pintu(34) of Poparada in Tangi and Hrusikesh Sahoo alias Tutu (43) of Bari Daragha in Jajpur. While Pintu is the proprietor of Prime Diagnostic at Kathagola Road, Tutu is the proprietor of Jay Jagannath medication retailer positioned in Metro Manorama complicated at Malha Sahi.
“Both Pintu and Tutu were acting as middlemen for the owner of Alfa Healthcare Clinic Prasanna Kumar Sahoo and his assistant Basant Kumar Bardhan. They used to identify and send pregnant women to Prasanna’s clinic for sex determination. Prasanna used to pay them well for the work,” knowledgeable ACP Ajay Das.
Pintu and Tutu have been forwarded to courtroom which remanded them in judicial custody.
Police knowledgeable that there are 22 extra brokers who have been engaged by Prasanna within the 10 neighbouring districts for bringing pregnant ladies to his clinic for intercourse willpower. Das mentioned three particular police groups have been constituted underneath the supervision of DCP Prateek Singh to arrest them on the earliest.
Police had on Monday sealed Alfa Healthcare Clinic for finishing up intercourse willpower exams and arrested each Prasanna and Basant. The clinic was operating with out registration for the final six months at Kathagola Sahi.
Prasanna, a Plus Two pass-out used to conduct at the least 15 to twenty intercourse willpower exams per day and for every such take a look at, he used to cost Rs 5,000. Under Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (PCPNDT) Act, 1994, intercourse willpower is prohibited.
