The case has been filed in court of Chief Judicial Magistrate Varinder Aggarwal. The Health Department had filed the case under various charges, including conducting IVF without having mandatory registration for genetic counselling and genetic lab, giving assurance of a male child to NRI couple and misleading people about qualification of the owner of the clinic.

Civil Surgeon Dr JP Singh said the case has been filed today against the centre and five doctors after receiving reply to the notices issued to them. He added that complaint also said that Varish Vardaan did not have an MBBS degree.

Varish Vardaan said he was only a proprietor and never conducted procedures.

Notably, Canada-based Amrik Singh and his wife Rupinder Kaur had recently sent an affidavit along with their complaint in which they had alleged that they had gone to Vardaan Medical Centre to have a child through IVF technique in 2005, when they were assured a baby boy and Rs 5 lakh were charged from them. The couple went back to Canada, but the woman delivered a girl child. When the couple visited the centre again, they were rebuked by the owner.

Meanwhile, the Health Department received another complaint from an NRI couple against the centre. Balwinder Gill, wife of Gurbhej Singh Gill of Canada who wanted a son, alleged that Vardaan assured them a male child and said the cost would be Rs 5 lakh. She alleged that they came here in December 2005 and paid the amount, but on returning she came to know that she had not even conceived. Dr JP Singh said they had received only a photocopy of the complaint and had given its reference in the complaint in the court. He said a separate case would be filed after getting the original complaint.