Chandigarh, May 14 -- Haryana's Food and Drug Administration (FDA) conducted 19 raids across the state in last seven days, registered 17 first information reports (FIRs) and sealed 13 shops after seizing 145 medical termination of pregnancy (MTP) kits, in what was yet another major clampdown under "Save the girl child" campaign, government officials said.

After the state task force (STF) was set up on February 6 to improve Haryana's sex ratio at birth (SRB) under the flagship Beti Bachao-Beti Padhao campaign, a total 43 FIRs have been registered, including 17 against online sellers of the MTP kits and 26 against chemist shops, quacks, BAMS practitioners, peddlers, and unlicensed MTP centres. During this crackdown between February 6 and M...