India, Sept. 6 -- A pharmacy selling the medical termination of pregnancy (MTP) kits illegally in the Sadar Bazaar area was raided on Thursday at 11.30pm, said police on Friday.

A team constituted by civil surgeon Gurugram, Dr Pradeep Kumar, along with police, busted the shop located on the main road in village Tikli, Sector 48, according to officials familiar with the matter.

Police said that they took the action based on an anonymous complaint against the chemist which mentioned that the accused, identified as Javed and Mohammed Arif, were dispensing the MTP kits openly, which are to be used only under the supervision of a gynecologist in a medical facility as specified in the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Act, 2002.

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