Health officials in India are investigating reports that top Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan knows he and his wife are expecting a baby boy. Maharashtra state health minister Suresh Shetty said he had instructed his officials to conduct the inquiry, according to a BBC report. An Indian medical association had written to the ministry, calling for the investigation. Sex tests before birth are illegal in India. The couple have not commented on reports of the pregnancy or gender. India's ban on sex tests is part of attempts to reduce female foeticide which distorts the country's gender balance because of the general cultural preference for boys, reports the BBC's Jill McGivering.
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