IVF racket: Ggm cops to probe Delhi hosp links
India, July 20 -- The Gurugram police is investigating whether the illegal in-vitro fertilization (IVF) centre which was recently shut down colluded with private hospitals, ultrasound and other IVF centres in Delhi for trapping donor women, officers said on Saturday.
On June 27, the Haryana health department and city police busted the illegal IVF centre in Sushant Lok Phase 1 that allegedly operated a cross-border surrogacy racket catering to couples from India, China, and Australia. Police identified the owner of the centre as Manju Sharma, who is yet to be arrested. During the raid, police found a Delhi woman at the centre who had allegedly come to donate her healthy ova in exchange for money. Further probe found that the woman came to the centre following a recommendation from a private hospital in Dwarka Sector-11.
Sandeep Kumar, public relations officer of Gurugram police, said that besides serving notice to Sharma, police will also seek details and inquiry reports from the health department officials and other documents seized during the raid. "We are trying to uncover the entire network of the nexus and also nab the agents working for Sharma. We have the details of some of them. We are also investigating other centres in Delhi assisting Sharma in her illegal activities," he said, adding that the arrest of the suspects will be made on the basis of evidence that includes documented proof and reports from the health department.
Police said they were also gathering information on the couples who had visited the centre, and the agents who roped in women to become surrogates.
Dr Alka Singh, Gurugram chief medical officer, said that though they had sealed the centre after the raid, they did not cut its power supply to save the cryogenically frozen 84 embryos found there....
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