Bhubaneswar, Jan. 17 -- The Commissionerate Police on Monday raided a diagnostic laboratory in Mangalabag area in Cuttack City for allegedly conducting pre-natal sex determination test which is banned.

The police have detained two workers of the laboratory in connection with the case. The two persons along with the owner of the building where the diagnostic laboratory operated are being questioned by the police.

Though the identity of the owner of the diagnostic centre is yet to be revealed, police sources said the man has passed Plus II and does not possess any medical qualification to run the laboratory.

Police said that the diagnostic centre used to charge Rs 5,000 for each test to determine the sex of the fetus. Police have also se...