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The Crime Branch is investigating into
the case that had been registered in connection
with the unearthing of the foetuses on July
14. However, no one had been arrested in
the case till Tuesday.
All arrests made so far were pertained
to some separate cases registered by the
local police of Nayagarh following retrieving
of body parts of around 30 foetuses from
a well on the outskirts of the town on Sunday
and raids on nursing homes, diagnostic centres
and ultrasound clinics.
The well was being used by a clinic to
dump medical waste.
Meanwhile, the district administration
and health department officials have started
inspecting various nursing homes and clinics
in several towns across the State to find
out if the foeticide racket was thriving
in other areas.
In Nayagarh, at least seven private nursing
homes and clinics have been sealed and police
were questioning several clinic owners and
employees. More arrests were on the cards,
a senior police official said.
Although the State government had already
ordered a Crime Branch inquiry into the
case to save its face, various political
parties and social organisations have come
now come out to demand for a CBI probe into
the shocking female foeticide.
Demand was growing for stringent action
against all those who were involved the
foeticide racket as well as the authorities
who failed to check the crime.
Activists of All India Democratic Women's
Association (AIDWA) staged a demonstration
in Bhubaneswar on Tuesday demanding for
a CBI inquiry into the female foeticide
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