Chandigarh, June 25 -- The special task force (STF) of the Haryana health department, set up to improve the state's sex ratio, on Tuesday decided to chargesheet the former chief medical officer (CMO) of Charkhi Dadri, Dr Rajvinder Malik, for "persistent non-performance" in duties related to sex ratio monitoring, a government spokesperson said. Directions were also issued for a similar action against Dr M Nehra, officiating SMO of CHC-Gopi, Bhiwani, due to low sex ratio in his jurisdiction.

The STF meeting held here focused on intensifying the Beti Bachao-Beti Padhao campaign and increasing efforts to curb illegal abortions and further improving the state's sex ratio at birth (SRB), which stood at 906 girls per 1,000 males on June 23 agai...