India, June 8 -- A gynaecologist was arrested on Sunday while a woman doctor is on the run after the Yavat police registered a case against them for allegedly carrying out illegal abortion procedures in violation of the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) Act and other provisions of law, officials said.

The FIR was registered on the complaint of Dr Sachin Vitthal Gujar, medical superintendent of the Sub-District Hospital, Daund. Police have invoked various provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023, and the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971.

The accused have been identified as Dr Swati Lawangare, a BHMS practitioner and resident of Daund, and Dr Tukaram Yashwant Mote, a gynaecologist from Uruli Kanchan in Haveli t...