Pune rural police on Monday arrested a gynaecologist and launched a search for a woman doctor after a case was registered for allegedly conducting illegal abortions at a hospital in Daund taluka, officials said Sunday.

According to PTI, an FIR was registered under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita and the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act at Yavat police station on the complaint of Dr Sachin Gujar, medical superintendent of the Sub-District Hospital in Daund.