Sangli female foeticide horror: Health Minister Dr Deepak Savant to visit district

Minister for Health Dr Deepak Savant will be visiting Mhaisal in Sangli district on Tuesday where abortion racket is exposed by police in addition to finding 19 aborted female foetuses.

Minister informed the House that he would be visiting the place tomorrow morning and would apprise the House on Thursday. He also informed them with the details of the case.

Dr Savant told the state assembly that government would not spare anyone in this case.

The horrific practice in which a homoeopathic doctor was allegedly involved came to light when a 26-year-old patient died on March 1 after a botched medical termination of pregnancy (MTP) on February 27. Her parents had then filed a case against her husband Praveen.

She was allegedly forced to abort her third female foetus after giving birth to two girls.

On the investigation trail, policemen found the 19 foetuses and busted the abortion racket.

The doctor, Babasaheb Khidrapure, who allegedly performed sex-selective abortions in Maharashtra, was arrested by police from Karnataka, two days after 19 aborted foetuses were found dumped near his hospital in the suspected cross- border female foeticide racket.

Khidrapure, who runs Bharti Hospital at Mhaisal village in Sangli near the Karnataka border, was nabbed by the Miraj police from Belgaum last night, police said. The foetuses were found alongside a road, a short distance away from the hospital.

The abortion racket has rocked the Maharashtra Assembly.

 NCP MLA Dilip Walase-Patil questioned the law and order situation while Jayant Patil demanded immediate statement by the Government.