India, March 5 -- Pune police on Wednesday arrested Dr Akash Malgunde, a BAMS doctor, and his alleged agent, Narendra Thakre, for running an illegal sex determination racket, and seized a stock of medicines commonly used for abortion procedures from them.

The police later registered an FIR against the duo at Crime Branch Unit-7 in Wagholi under relevant sections of the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (PCPNDT) Act, 1994.

According to the police, Dr Malgunde runs Life Care Hospital at Pachange Vasti in Dhok Sangavi, Shirur taluka, while Thakre, a resident of Kesnand in Haveli taluka, allegedly worked as an agent.

The FIR mentions that the doctor had been running the hospital for several years and was allegedly conducti...