Hyderabad, Aug. 15 -- In a major crackdown, the Pet-Basheerabad Police have busted a commercial surrogacy and illegal human egg trading racket being run by a network of eight individuals - seven women and one man - in collusion with several fertility centres in Hyderabad.
The accused allegedly exploited the desperation of infertile couples for illegal monetary gain.
A police statement said on Friday, the prime accused, Narreddula Laxmi Reddy (45), a resident of Chinthal, Quthbullapur, had earlier worked as an egg donor and surrogate mother. Using her experience and contacts with agents and fertility clinics, she began recruiting financially vulnerable women as egg donors and surrogate mothers, housing them at her residence and charging ad...