Overview
- Police detained Kamal Mahato after a decoy pregnant woman was sent to his clinic and handed marked currency, and officers say he was formally arrested following the sting.
- During questioning Mahato admitted he had studied only up to Class 12 and held no recognised medical degree or registration under the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act.
- Investigators recovered an MTP kit, a large quantity of drugs and medical equipment from the Banjara Market clinic and found no patient files or medicine purchase and sale records.
- An FIR was registered at Sector-65 police station and Mahato has been booked under the MTP Act, the National Medical Commission Act, the Drugs and Cosmetics Act and relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
- Officials say the arrest continues a wider district and inter-state enforcement push that used earlier raids in May and June to target illegal sex‑determination and abortion networks and that surprise inspections will continue as supply and record links are probed.