Ahmedabad doctor admits to dumping foetuses

Ahmedabad: A gynaecologist who had closed down his clinic a month back has admitted to dumping 13 foetuses in a garbage bin when he went to clean up his clinic near Lalbahadur Shastri Stadium in Bapunagar, Ahmedabad.

Dr Jayanti Bhai Patel is now in police custody for disposing of medical waste in an improper manner.

"Out of the 13 foetuses found, three were female, six were male and the sex of the rest of them could not be determined. We started an investigation and called upon Dr Jayanti Bhai Patel as we had some doubts about him. We also called the rickshaw-puller and one other man who had helped him load these foetuses. They confirmed that Dr Jayanti Bhai was behind this. When we persisted even Dr Jayanti Bhai admitted that he had had these foetuses since the last seven years and while he was carrying them home, he had an accident because of which the jar containing them broke and he had to dispose them in the garbage dump nearby," Bapunagar Police Inspector R D Lashkari said.

The incident came to light when some of the locals found the foetuses lying in the garbage bin near the stadium on Monday morning.