By IANS
New Delhi : The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Monday said it would send a team to Gurgaon to conduct an inquiry into the over 250 illegal abortions carried out by a quack there.
"The National Human Rights Commission will be sending an investigation team to Pataudi town of Gurgaon district in Haryana where half burnt foetuses were recovered from a well near a nursing home," the commission stated Monday.
"The investigation team will conduct an on-the-spot inquiry and submit a report within two weeks," it added.
The Commission has also asked the chief secretary and director general of police of Haryana to submit a report within four weeks.
A.K. Singh, the owner of Buala Nursing Home in Pataudi of Gurgaon district was arrested Thursday after the police raided his clinic and discovered foetuses dumped in a sewage tank.
The accused confessed to have aborted more than 250 female foetuses and has lost count of the total, Ramphal Singh, the station house officer at Pataudi police station, had earlier said.
"He said he has been in this profession for 15 years and charged Rs.1,000 to 1,500 from each client. After aborting the foetuses, he used to dump the undeveloped body parts into the sewage tank," Ramphal Singh had told IANS.
The commission's decision came after it took suo-motu cognisance of media reports. It has also taken note of the clinic's alleged involvement in sex determination tests and female foeticide for years.