Hyderabad, Aug 12
Hyderabad police have transferred fake surrogacy and child trafficking racket cases to the Special Investigation Team (SIT) of Central Crime Station.
The racket was busted by Gopalapuram police last month with the arrest of Dr. Athaluri Namratha, owner of Universal Srushti Fertility Centre and her associates.
S. Rashmi Perumal, Deputy Commissioner of Police, North Zone, initially FIR was filed on July 27 against Dr. Namratha and her associates for defrauding a couple with fake surrogacy claims.
Investigation into the initial complaint revealed a wider network of deceit, with multiple victims coming forward with similar allegations of cheating, organised medical fraud and child trafficking.
During the course of investigation, police arrested 25 individuals, including doctors, lab technicians, managers/supervisors, agents and biological parents of the trafficked babies, all of them connected with an illegal surrogacy and baby-selling racket operated under the guise of fertility treatments at the Universal Srushti Fertility Centre at both Secunderabad and Visakhapatnam branches.