Kolhapur: Three people, including the wife of a doctor, on Thursday was arrested by Kolhapur police in connection with the racket of illegal sex determination last month.
The suspects have been identified as Bharati Farakte (46) from Faraktewadi in Kagal Taluka, Lakshman Wakrekar (42) from Panhala Taluka and drawn Killadar (42) from Radhanagari.
With this development, the total number of arrests in this case has so far reached 13.
Police traced more suspects involved in the racket arrested from the village of the trench near Jalan Kolhapur-Radhangari.
PI Police Office Karveer Sandip Collekar said, “The three suspects acted as an agent on the racket.
They were assigned to trap pregnant women and took him to the mastermind of rackets – Mahesh Patil and Rani Kambu – for the determination of sex fetuses.
They paid Rs 8,000 for each case.
suspect that along with illegal sex determination, illegal abortion is also carried out by the suspects.
The court has given police custody from seven days to the suspects in this matter.
“During the investigation, the police, together with a team of doctors, found medicines, swabs Cotton with blood stains on it from the house where the racket is being carried out.
The police claimed that more than 80 women allegedly undergo illegal sex determination at home and they trace these women.