India, March 25 -- The Kolhapur police have busted an alleged illegal sex determination racket operating at a private facility in Bidri village of Kagal taluka and arrested a doctor and his agent, officials said on Tuesday.

The raid was conducted at Shraddha Hospital in Bidri at around 9pm on Monday .

Acting on complaints that some medical practitioners in the district were allegedly conducting illegal prenatal sex determination tests and facilitating female foeticide, superintendent of police Yogesh Kumar ordered a probe into the matter. Acting on a tip-off, a team led by assistant inspector Kranti Patil raided Shraddha Hospital using a decoy pregnant woman.

According to the police, an agent identified as Sambhaji Vasant Shinde, 45, o...