Overview

• Eight individuals, including two agents and six donors or surrogates, were arrested in Medchal for running a commercial surrogacy and illegal egg-trading racket.
• Officers identified Narreddula Laxmi Reddy and her son Narender Reddy as prime accused who recruited financially vulnerable women through fertility clinic contacts.
• Investigators say Laxmi Reddy exploited her experience as a former surrogate and egg donor to house women while charging intending parents ₹10–20 lakh per procedure and paying donors ₹1–2 lakh.
• Police seized ₹6.47 lakh in cash, medical supplies, hospital case sheets, promissory notes, non-judicial bond papers, laptops and phones during the raids.
• The accused have been booked under the Surrogacy (Regulation) Act and ART rules and the case has been placed under SIT-led multi-state probes with forensic audits to verify clinic involvement and trace financiers.