Overview
- Five people were booked in the Shivaji Nagar–Govandi case, including the mother, owner Dr Kayamuddin Khan, nurse Anita Popat Sawant, agent Shama, and alleged buyer Darshana.
- The doctor and the nurse were arrested, produced in court, and remanded to five days of police custody, while the mother remains hospitalised under care.
- Police said activist Binu Varghese tipped off officers, prompting a raid led by Assistant Inspector Kailas Sonawane at the unlicensed facility.
- Investigators are auditing the clinic’s records and financial transactions to trace intermediaries, the intended buyer, and any earlier cases.
- Registered offences include child abandonment and trafficking under the BNS, JJ Act provisions on cruelty, Birth and Death Registration Act breaches, and Maharashtra Medical Professions Act violations, with police noting the BUMS practitioner lacked authority and the clinic is suspected of prior illegal abortions.