Aamir Khan's highly acclaimed "Satyameva Jayate" has inspired a sarpanch in a Rajasthan village to register police cases against women and families who go for tests to detect and abort the girl child.

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"Illegal sex determination is rampant in the Shekhawati region (Jhunjhunu, Churu and Sikar districts)," sarpanch Randheer Singh of Budania village said.

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The village, some 200 km from here, is home to nearly 5,000 people.

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Randheer Singh said a six-member committee had been formed to keep a tab on pregnant women.

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"After watching Aamir Khan's TV show 'Satyameva Jayate' on female foeticide, I felt that awareness in Rajasthan is not enough," he said.

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"Checking female foeticide at the village level is necessary to save girl children."

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