Two men held for illegally running ultrasound unit in UP

Muzaffarnagar (UP):

Two persons were arrested for allegedly cheating people by posing as radiologists and illegally running an ultrasound unit in the Kairana area of Shamli district, officials said on Friday.

A health department team conducted a raid at the unit and found it was not run by qualified persons, they said.

It was also suspected that the unit was conducting sex-determination tests, but the team did not find any evidence, the officials said.

Two persons, Shakil Chouhan and Piyush Sharma, were arrested and a case under section 420 (cheating) of the IPC was registered against them, they said.

The unit has been sealed, they added.