Hyderabad, July 27 -- An illegal surrogacy and sperm racket was uncovered in Regimental Bazaar, Secunderabad, on Saturday, July 26, following which the manager and two lab technicians of Shrishti Fertility Centre were arrested by the police.

The case came to light after a Rajasthani couple residing in Secunderabad filed a complaint at the Gopalapuram police station stating that the baby they had received through surrogacy from Shrishti Fertility Centre was not biologically related to them.

The couple had reportedly paid Rs 35 lakh to the fertility centre for the procedure, and they were assured by Dr Namrata, the manager of Shrishti Fertility centre, that their gametes would be used for the surrogacy.

The baby was eventually born in Ju...