Caught Red-Handed in PCPNDT Trap in Jhunjhunu
Jhunjhunu: In a shocking case of repeat quackery, a fake doctor from Ayodhya has been arrested for the eighth time for running an illegal sex determination racket operating across Rajasthan, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh since 2003.
He was nabbed by the PCPNDT (Pre-Conception Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques) team while accepting money from a decoy patient.
Admitted to Running Racket for 22 Years
During interrogation, the accused confessed that he had been conducting illegal sex determination tests for over two decades.
First arrested in 2007, he repeatedly secured bail and resumed operations under new identities. His latest arrest marks the eighth time he has been caught for the same offence.
Earned Nearly ₹1 Crore; Claimed Jail Was a ‘Rest House’
According to Dainik Bhaskar, he boasted that he earned nearly ₹1 crore through the racket and could easily get bail by paying around ₹50 lakh.
“No one stays in jail forever. I go there to rest,” he allegedly told officials.
From Gardener to Fake Doctor
The accused revealed that he came to Rajasthan in 1987 and initially worked as a gardener at a private hospital in Khetri.
Spending time near the lab and sonography room, he gradually learned how to operate machines.
By 1995, he opened his own lab with help from a woman doctor and soon started performing sonography himself.
By 2000, he had even opened a paramedical institute selling fake diplomas to local youth.
Rates for Gender Identification
He charged ₹50,000 to identify a male fetus and ₹30,000 for a female fetus—offering a ₹20,000 “discount” if it was a girl, officers said.
How the Trap Was Executed
After receiving intelligence on a gang active near the Haryana border, the Narnaul PCPNDT team used a five-month pregnant woman as a dummy patient.
An agent named Satyendra facilitated the deal and took her to a house in Khetri’s Badau village.
There, the accused used a portable sonography machine imported from Nepal, declared the fetus female, took ₹30,000, and was immediately arrested.
A Wide Network of Agents Still Active
Investigators say he conducted tests secretly in homes, dhabas and rented rooms, always carrying the portable machine in his car.
He operated under multiple names — including Dr A.P. Pandey and Dr Awadesh Kumar — and had hundreds of agents across three states.
Many of them are still untraceable.
Machine Seized; Multistate Probe Underway
Officials confirmed that this is the eighth PCPNDT case against him in Rajasthan.
The Jhunjhunu health department is coordinating with authorities in Haryana, UP and Nepal to map his network.
The Nepal-imported sonography machine and other equipment have been seized.
