MORENA: A former peon posing as a doctor was caught red-handed while allegedly conducting illegal fetal sex determination tests in Morena, one of the districts with a low sex ratio in Madhya Pradesh, officials said on Saturday.

The accused Sanju Sharma (30) was arrested in a joint raid by the health department teams from Gwalior and Morena, along with social worker Meena Sharma, near Gadora Pura on Joura Road in Morena city on Friday, they said.

Talking to reporters, Chief Medical and Health Officer Dr Padmesh Upadhyay said that the raid was conducted under the direction of Morena District Collector Lokesh Jangid following a tip-off.

A decoy woman was sent along with a policewoman in plain clothes to trap the accused, he said.

The team found Sharma with a portable ultrasound machine a

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