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ED Questions Dr. Namratha in Jail After Court Nod in Surrogacy Money-Laundering Probe

Investigators are tracing alleged proceeds from a decade-long network that operated across multiple cities despite a canceled license.

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Overview

  • The Nampally criminal court authorized the Enforcement Directorate to interrogate the accused in Chanchalguda Jail through October 28.
  • ED officials began in-custody questioning of Dr. Pachipalli Namratha along with Pachipala Jayanth Krishna, Muthipeta Nandini and Dhanasri Santoshi Chitikireddi Kalyani.
  • Recent PMLA searches in Hyderabad, Vijayawada and Visakhapatnam yielded incriminating documents, details of defrauded couples and properties linked to the accused.
  • The financial probe stems from multiple FIRs filed at Gopalapuram Police Station alleging fraud, cheating, criminal conspiracy, illegal surrogacy and child trafficking, with a SIT reporting about 25 arrests.
  • Authorities say the operation ran under Universal Srusthi Fertility & Research Centre across centres including Nellore and Kolkata, used formal surrogacy agreements to project legitimacy and continued despite a 2021 license cancellation.