Rohtak, May 29 -- The Rohtak district administration and health department arrested seven people for operating an alleged inter-state sex determination racket from Uttar Pradesh's Amroha district, officials said on Thursday. They said that Rs.1,33,500 in cash was also recovered from the accused, which was allegedly collected for the operation.

According to the officials, the raid was carried out by the PC-PNDT team of the Rohtak health department at Sateda village in Amroha on Wednesday after receiving information about illegal prenatal sex determination tests being conducted on pregnant women from Rohtak and nearby Haryana districts in exchange for money.

Deputy commissioner Sachin Gupta said the accused were caught red-handed at a hou...