Three arrested after Gurgaon health team busts illegal sex determination racket
A joint team from the Gurgaon and Bijnor health departments busted an illegal cross-border prenatal sex determination and female foeticide racket on Thursday, June 4, 2026. The operation, which spanned Gurgaon, New Delhi, and Noorpur in Uttar Pradesh, led to the detention of three individuals, including a Delhi-based female tout and an unqualified man conducting ultrasound scans.
The crackdown was initiated after the Gurgaon civil surgeon received intelligence that pregnant women from the Gurgaon district were being transported to Bijnor in Uttar Pradesh for unauthorized prenatal sex determination tests.
According to the First Information Report (FIR), a tout identified as Renu facilitated these tests for amounts ranging between Rs 25,000 and Rs 40,000. She also allegedly arranged for the termination of female foetuses.
To bust the racket, the Gurgaon District Appropriate Authority (PC-PNDT) authorized nodal officer Dr. Devender Singh Solanki and Medical Officer Dr. Harish Kumar to lead a decoy operation. The team enlisted a decoy pregnant woman from Faridabad to contact Renu and strike a deal.
Renu agreed to conduct the sex determination test for Rs 25,000, demanding an advance of Rs 5,000 online and the remaining Rs 20,000 in cash. After the advance was transferred, Renu scheduled a meeting at 6 a.m. on June 4 at the Punjabi Bagh Metro Station in New Delhi.
At the metro station, Renu took the marked cash and drove the decoy to Noorpur in Uttar Pradesh. The Gurgaon health team followed the vehicle and alerted the local Bijnor administration. A local team, led by Bijnor PC-PNDT Nodal Officer Dr. Rajendra Prasad Vishwakarma and Nayab Tehsildar Ajab Singh Rana, joined the operation.
In Noorpur, a man identified as Manoj Kumar met Renu and the decoy, leading them to a house owned by an individual named Nardev. Manoj Kumar then conducted an ultrasound scan using a portable machine.
Following a signal from the decoy, the joint team raided the house. Investigators found that Manoj Kumar had no medical qualifications and had only completed education up to Class 12. The house was not registered under the PC-PNDT Act.
Officials seized the portable ultrasound machine, a probe, and gel, and recovered the marked currency notes from Renu. All three accused—Renu, Manoj Kumar, and Nardev—were handed over to the Noorpur police.
An FIR was registered on Thursday evening at the Noorpur police station under various sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, the PC-PNDT Act, and the National Medical Commission Act.
