Bengaluru: The health department officials in Mysuru have busted a racket involved in sex determination of foetus and termination of female foetus, that was being run in a farm house in the outskirts of the city.

The clandestine operation was taking place in a farmhouse near Honaganahalli Hindi, in the outskirts of Mysuru. A name plate outside the farm read" `His Holiness Om Swamy Shivananda Paramahamsa Nilaya' to make it look like a spiritual centre.

For foetus sex determination, the operators used to charge ₹ Rs 25,000 and to terminate a female foetus, an additional ₹ 30,000 was being charged. The Health officials sent a woman called Puttasiddamma through the middleman Swamy. After collecting ₹ 30,000 from the woman, Swamy had sent the woman in a car to the farmhouse.

When the offici

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