Synopsis: A joint operation by PCPNDT officials from Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh has uncovered a cross-border female foeticide racket, leading to the arrest of middlemen at a nursing home in Kurnool. A Mandya woman, five months pregnant, was allegedly lured into an illegal abortion after a prenatal test revealed that the foetus was female. Strict coordination between Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh is being enforced under the PCPNDT Act to curb such practices.

The Karnataka Health Department has uncovered a case of cross-border female foeticide, in which a woman from Mandya district was taken to Andhra Pradesh to illegally terminate her pregnancy after being told the foetus was female.

The undercover joint operation, carried out on Sunday, 21 September by Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh PC

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