Telangana police have uncovered a major interstate illegal human egg harvesting racket operating across Hyderabad, rescuing 43 financially vulnerable women brought in from across the country. According to an investigative report by Indian Express Hindi, Malkajgiri police carried out coordinated raids on October 30 across five neighborhoods—Prakash Nagar, Begumpet, Erragadda, Saroornagar, and Gopalapuram—seizing hormone vials (Humog HP 150 IU), syringes, needles, and synthetic progestin drugs from residential hostels and villas.
How Poverty and False Job Promises Fueled the Network
Investigators suspect the racket had been active for nearly two years, targeting women facing acute financial distress in West Bengal, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, and Delhi. Victims currently housed at a secure women’s rescue home near Hyderabad shared harrowing accounts:
- A 25-year-old woman from Kolkata agreed to the procedure for a promised ₹50,000 to repay a ₹3.5 lakh loan taken for her father’s kidney transplant, unaware that selling eggs is illegal.
- A 25-year-old Mumbai resident accepted the offer to support her bedridden husband and 75-year-old grandmother, while a 33-year-old woman from Uttar Pradesh turned to an agent when her family faced severe debt.
- Others were outright deceived—including a 26-year-old woman from Mumbai who was promised a ₹40,000-a-month catering job, only to discover upon arrival that she would be subjected to hormone injections and egg extraction.
Once in Hyderabad, agents allegedly confiscated the women’s Aadhaar cards and bank passbooks under the pretext of safekeeping until procedures were completed.
Arrests, Fake IDs, and Violations of the ART Act 2021
Police have arrested eight accused—identified as Amit Sharma (suspected main organizer), Nikhat Parveen, Reshma Khatoon, Medhavath Srinivas, J. Pradeep, S.K. Praveen, Vijay Bhagwanrao Salunke, and Pankaj Soni—who were remanded to judicial custody on November 1. Officers also recovered around 100 forged Aadhaar cards from a single recruiter and are investigating links with 23 IVF clinics across the city.
Under India’s Assisted Reproductive Technology (Regulation) Act, 2021, commercial sale or trade of human oocytes is strictly prohibited. Legal donation is restricted to women aged 23 to 35, permitted only once in a lifetime with a maximum of seven oocytes retrieved, and requires the recipient to provide 12 months of health insurance coverage for the donor.
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