Jammu and Kashmir Police Monday said that a doctor and five of his associates were arrested for illegal termination of pregnancy of a minor girl.

Police in a statement said that on a report from victim Liaisoning Officer, deputed with a minor rape victim in a previous case FIR No.14/2021 under section 376 IPC that the girl (name with held) has been subjected to compulsive delivery of baby by some unknown doctor and that the infant may have been killed during such illegal procedure, Ganderbal Police filed a fresh case FIR No.24 of 2021 U/S 326, 312 IPC at Police Station Ganderbal and initiated investigation into the case.
“Victim girl revealed that her family members took her to accused doctor’s clinic in Sopore where she was subjected to illegal termination of pregnancy,” police said.
Police identified the accused doctor as Dr. Ghulam Nabi Bhat son of Muhammad Sultan Bhat of New Colony Sopore.
“Further leads into this gruesome crime also led to the arrest of five other persons assisting the doctor namely Altaf Khan Son of Mehboob Khan, Ulfat Wife of Altaf Khan, Haseena Begum Wife of Abdul Gani Khan Resident of Dedrambagh, Ganderbal, Bashir Ahmad Kumar son of Ali Mohd Kumar, a resident of Baghi Mehtab and Afrooza Wife of Ghaznafar Ali Hajam Resident of Alamgari Bazar for providing logistic and technical assistance in carrying out illegal procedure nearly at term stage,” police said.
“Investigation in the case is going on and more arrests are expected,” police said.