Rohtak, Jan. 30 -- The health authorities of Hisar district on Thursday conducted a raid and busted a sex determination racket with the arrest of four persons. The health authorities have arrested main accused Dr Anant Ram, who unsuccessfully contested the 2024 assembly polls on Jannayak Janata Party's ticket from Barwala, and his three accomplices.

A case has been registered against Dr Anant Ram and three others under PNDT act and relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita. This is the sixth time that Dr Anant Ram has been arrested for conducting an illegal sex-determination test and in one case, he was acquitted due to lack of evidence. Earlier, he was booked by Hisar police in 2015, and by the Barwala police in 2023, 2016, 2018 ...