Female Foeticide: Maha to recover Rs 30 lakh from Beed doctor duo

They are already behind bars for allegedly carrying out illegal abortions.

Tightening the screws on a doctor duo from the district,who are already behind bars for allegedly carrying out illegal abortions,Maharashtra Government has expedited the procedure to recover Rs 30 lakh it had granted to the private hospital managed by the accused.

Beed district civil surgeon Dr Gauri Rathod today wrote Zilla Parishad chief executive officer to expedite the recovery of Rs 30 lakh from Vithai Hospital and Research Centre run by Dr Lahane and his son-in-law Dr Shivaji Sanap,who is also an accused in the case.

While Dr Lahane,currently lodged in Nashik Central jail,was arrested on June 6 from here,Dr Sanap was nabbed on June 2 for allegedly carrying out three abortions,including one on a minor girl,at his hospital.

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Maharashtra Health Department had in March ordered recovery of Rs 30 lakh after Sanap and Lahane’s alleged role in illegal abortions came to light.

In her letter to CEO Rajaram Mane,the civil surgeon also mentioned about the threat to her life from Dr Lahane for initiating action against the hospital.

Dr Rathod had complained to Beed SP Dattatreya Mandlik against Dr Lahane on June 6 regarding the threat.

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