'I took this dramatic step because those who should have done so were effectively turning a blind eye,' says the pro-life leader who launched the case.
"The impact on Indian society is grim," remarked Dr. Gursharan Singh Kainth, director of the Guru Arjan Dev Institute of Development Studies in Amritsar.
Only days after 2011 census data revealed a child-sex ratio in India of 914 girls to every 1,000 boys, police uncovered a grim confirmation of the reality of sex-selective abortions in one of the world's most populous countries.