Overview

• Searches at nine locations in Hyderabad, Vijayawada and Visakhapatnam yielded incriminating documents, including property details and records of couples who were defrauded.
• Seized papers indicate the operation spanned more than 10 years and extended to centres in Nellore and Kolkata, using fabricated surrogacy agreements to mask transactions.
• Complaints say couples were charged about ₹30 lakh per case, with half paid by cheque and half in cash purportedly for surrogates, after being steered to surrogacy instead of IVF.
• DNA checks in several cases showed children handed over were not biologically related to the commissioning parents, including a case where a foreign passport was denied after a mismatch.
• The ED alleges agents recruited vulnerable pregnant women to surrender newborns, while most proceeds were retained by Dr. A. Namratha and invested in immovable assets, with further investigation underway.