3 min read Pune May 10, 2026 09:40 PM IST Posing as a pregnant woman, she paid Rs 10,000 to racketeers at the spot for her prenatal sex determination test. (Representational image/File) Ahilyanagar district police busted a major prenatal sex determination racket and arrested 12 persons in this case, including Dr Ravindra Kute, the former state president of the Indian Medical Association (IMA) on Thursday. Dr Swati Pawar, health superintendent at Rural Hospital at Loni in Ahilyanagar, lodged the first information report (FIR) in this case at Loni police station, on April 30, 2025. After receiving information that sex determination tests were being conducted for Rs 10,000 at a room near Nilwande canal in Pimpri Nirmal in Rahata taluka of Ahilyanagar, a woman police constable Manisha Giri went to the spot as a decoy customer on April 29. Posing as a pregnant woman, she paid Rs 10,000 to racketeers at the spot for her prenatal sex determination test.…