Chandigarh, Nov. 26 -- Haryana's additional chief secretary (ACS-health) Sudhir Rajpal on Tuesday ordered to suspend medical officer of Primary Health Center (PHC) Jottanwali in Sirsa and senior medical officer (SMO) of Halalpur in Sonepat for alleged negligence in performing the official duty that led to a dip in sex-ratio figures of the respective districts.

Rajpal directed deputy commissioners (DCs) and superintendents of police (SPs) of Charkhi Dadri, Sirsa, Palwal, and Yamunanagar districts - where the sex ratio at birth is low - to work jointly with civil surgeons in improving the sex ratio.

He also directed the DCs of these districts to conduct reverse tracking of illegal abortion cases and closely monitor such cases. The ACS (he...