India, June 29 -- The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the alleged illegal prenatal sex determination and female foeticide racket in Kedgaon has arrested another doctor and an alleged agent.

The arrested accused have been identified as Dr Sumant Tukaram Shitole, 38, attached to Mangalmurti Hospital in Pargaon, Daund taluka, and Bapurao Pandharinath Jamble, 57, a resident of Vasunde village. Police arrested both on June 26 after investigators gathered substantial evidence linking them to the racket.

The two accused were produced before a Daund court on Saturday, which remanded them to police custody until July 1 for further investigation.

Officials said the latest development brings the total number of arrests in the case to nin...