India, June 19 -- Pune Rural Police arrested a woman doctor on Wednesday in connection with the alleged prenatal sex determination racket unearthed in Kedgaon village of Daund taluka, while three other doctors named in the case remain absconding, officials said on Thursday.

The arrested doctor has been identified as Dr Sangita Pandurang Gaikwad (61) of Parth Hospital at Kedgaon Station. She was arrested for allegedly violating the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (PCPNDT) Act and was remanded to two days of police custody by a Daund court.

With Gaikwad's arrest, the number of accused in the case has risen to six. Earlier, police had booked Annasaheb Giri, Dr Atul Jadhav, Dr Mandar Mali, Dr Sundaram Kadam and Narendra T...