In a major crackdown on illegal sex determination and abortion practices, officials of the State Appropriate Authority under the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (PCPNDT) Act on Wednesday (October 22, 2025) conducted a successful decoy operation in Hunuganahalli Hundi, Bannur taluk, Mysuru district. The operation led to the unearthing of a clandestine setup allegedly involved in sex determination and sex-selective abortion.
A joint team from the State and District Appropriate Authorities (PCPNDT) and the State and District Inspection and Monitoring Committees (SIMC and DIMC) carried out the operation around 3 p.m. on October 22, following credible information that illegal sex determination procedures were being conducted in the area.
How it unfolded
Vivek Dorai, State PCPNDT Nodal Officer, who led the team, told The Hindu that the operation began earlier in the day at Mellahalli Circle, where one Puttasiddamma handed over ₹30,000 in cash to a man identified as Swamy. Shortly afterwards, a pregnant woman was picked up by another individual, Govindaraju, in a car. Two other pregnant women — Roopa, 34, from K.R. Nagar, and Uma, 23, from Keragalli, Mysuru taluk — were subsequently picked up from different locations by the same person.
