Tiruvannamalai

Revealing this, the Collector said, Anandhi started an abortion clinic following the same modus operandi of using auto drivers as middlemen to solicit patients. Based on a tipoff provided by a patient, a team of officials went to Kallakurichi under the guise of needing her services and approached 3 auto men. The men then took them to the clinic from where she was arrested for the fifth time. “She was arrested and detained under the goondas act more than a year back and came out on bail only 3 months ago after which she restarted her activities,” Collector averred. Stating that now as she is a habitual offender, the Collector added that using this ground she could be detained under the goondas act. Anandhi was remanded and lodged in the Vellore central prison.

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