50-year-old woman tout arrested for sex test in Kota

A special team from the state PCPNDT cell arrested a 50-year-old woman tout for carrying out sex determination test in a sonography and diagnostic centre in Vigyan Nagar area of Kota city. The incident took place late on Monday evening. The woman tout was on Tuesday produced before the court that ordered to send her to judicial custody till February 27.

The accused woman worked as a private caretaker. The role of the doctor at sonography centre is also suspected in the matter, but his involvement has not been confirmed so far, however the investigation is underway. 

The accused has been identified as one Shanti Rani, a resident of ward number 42, Indira colony slum area in Vigyan Nagar, Kota, who was arrested from outside a sonography and diagnostic centre of the area for carrying out sex determination test, Circle In charge of PCPNDT Bureau of investigation (PBI) Sita Ram said. An amount of Rs 2,4000, which the woman tout charged for carrying out sex determination test was also recovered from her possession, he said adding that the woman tout was produced before the court that ordered to send her to judicial custody for 14 days till February 27. The active tracker device attached to sonography machine is yet to be examined to ascertain the involvement of the concerned sonography and diagnostic centre and the doctor in sex determination test.

State PCPNDT cell was tipped off about the suspected sex determination test by the woman tout and following verification of complaint the decoy operation was carried out on Monday, Rajiv Loachan, member of decoy team and PCPNDT Bundi district coordinator said.

The woman tout demanded Rs 25,000 for the sex determination test from the pregnant woman and her attendant sent to her as bogus customer by PBI, he said adding that the accused woman tout after accepting the amount, took the bogus customer to the diagnostic centre.