48 women rescued in IVF egg racket; Srushti case accused among 8 held
Hyderabad : A year after the sensational Srushti Fertility Centre scandal rocked Hyderabad, police have busted another alleged egg donation racket with links to 23 IVF centres, rescuing 48 women and arresting eight agents, including an accused in the 2025 case. Investigators found that the network had links with as many as 23 IVF centres in Hyderabad. The inspection also revealed concerns regarding the absence of authorised medical supervision and biomedical waste disposal,” Malkajgiri commissioner of police B Sumathi said.
Police said some of the rescued women disclosed that hormonal injections and medicines had been administered to them in connection with the proposed egg retrieval procedures. Police said the accused functioned as agents who recruited women, arranged their stay and coordinated with IVF centres for egg retrieval procedures. Officials said they are verifying whether the IVF centres were aware that the women were being recruited through agents and allegedly exploited for commercial egg donation. “Some of the women we suspect must have donated egg repeatedly and we are verifying,” police said.
Investigators suspect the women, brought from several states with promises of quick money, were being commercially exploited for egg retrieval in violation of fertility regulations. Following searches at multiple locations across the city, the Malkajgiri commissionerate police arrested Amit Sharma , Nikhat Parveen, Reshma Khatoon, Meghavath Srinivas, J Pradeep, SK Parveen, Vijay Bhagwah Rao Salunke and Pankaj Soni. Amit Sharma, a native of Madhya Pradesh residing in Begumpet, was identified as the prime accused. “The women were rescued from Prakash Nagar, Begumpet, Erragadda, Saroornagar and Gopalpuram. From the spot, police seized vials of Humog HP injections, one syringe and two needles, primolut and meprate tablets and other material.
Pankaj Soni is also an accused in the Srushti Fertility Centre case that came to light last year.