Crackdown on illegal abortions: 17 FIRs, 13 clinics sealed in week

Civil surgeons across the state directed to prepare a list of all BAMS/BHMS doctors engaged in private practice

- Pawan Sharma

CHANDIGARH: Haryana's Food and Drug Administration (FDA) conducted 19 raids across the state in last seven days, registered 17 first information reports (FIRs) and sealed 13 shops after seizing 145 medical termination of pregnancy (MTP) kits, in what was yet another major clamp-down under "Save the girl child" campaign, government officials said.

After the state task force (STF) was set up on February 6 to improve Haryana's sex ratio at birth (SRB) under the flagship Beti Bachao-Beti Padhao campaign, a total 43 FIRs have been registered, including 17 against online sellers of the MTP kits and 26 against chemist shops, quacks, BAMS practitioners, peddlers, and unlicensed MTP centres. During this crackdown between February 6 and May 12, a total of 21 medical shops were sealed and over 6,100 MTP kits seized, according to official data.