Excelsior Correspondent
Srinagar, Feb 22: Police today said to have arrested a doctor and five of his associates for illegal termination of pregnancy of a minor girl.
A police spokesperson said that in prompt action, on a report from Victim Liaisoning Officer, deputed with a minor rape victim in a previous case, FIR No.14/2021 U/S 376 IPC that the girl has been subjected to compulsive delivery of a baby by some unknown doctor and that the infant may have been killed during such illegal procedure.”
Ganderbal Police filed a fresh case FIR No.24 of 2021 U/S 326, 312 IPC at Police Station Ganderbal and initiated investigation into the case,” police said.
The spokesperson said that the SSP Ganderbal Khalil Ahmad Poswal constituted a team under the supervision of DySP Head Quarters Ganderbal Dr Abdul Majid including SHO Ganderbal Khurshid Ahmad Awan to nab the accused.
“The victim girl revealed that her family members took her to the accused doctor’s clinic in Sopore where she was subjected to illegal termination of pregnancy,” police said.
The accused doctor, police said, was subsequently arrested and identified as Dr Ghulam Nabi Bhat son of Mohammad Sultan Bhat of New Colony Sopore.
Further leads into this “gruesome” crime, police said, also led to the arrest of five others assisting the doctor.
“They have been identified as Altaf Khan son of Mehboob Khan, Ulfat wife of Altaf Khan, Haseena Begum wife of Abdul Gani Khan resident of Dedrambagh, Ganderbal, Bashir Ahmad Kumar son of Ali Mohammad Kumar of Baghi Mehtab and Afrooza Wife of Ghaznafar Ali Hajam of Alamgari Bazar for providing logistic and technical assistance in carrying out illegal procedure nearly at term stage,” police said.
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