Egg donation racket: Fake Aadhaar cards used to repeat donors, police find
Police seized 100 such cards from his possession. An agent manipulated nearly 100 Aadhaar cards and birth certificates to ensure they stay within the prescribed age bracket,” said Malkajgiri police commissioner B Sumati. “Yet, we found that the 43 rescued women – from six different states – were being given only a portion of money – between Rs 25,000 and Rs 50,000 – from the total amount collected from the egg seekers. During the investigation, Malkajgiri police found that one ART centre had conducted transactions worth Rs 2 crore over the past year through such alleged malpractices. “Notices have been issued to officials of the health department, 20 fertility centres and various ART centres.
Describing the racket as a case of trafficking, police said poor women in desperate need of money were being exploited under the pretext of being offered employment and an opportunity to earn quick money. It is the ART centre, fertility centre and agents who pocketed majority of the earning,” the police official said. Police said they were still verifying donor records available with the ART centre, fertility centres and the health department to ascertain the extent of manipulation by agents. This is being done to verify the donor details” police said.
However, police found that several women had not only violated the prescribed age limit but had also donated eggs multiple times. This was allegedly facilitated by the accused, who, in connivance with ART centres, helped generate fake documents, including Aadhaar cards and birth certificates, to manipulate donor records and make ineligible women appear eligible. “Some of the women rescued were found to have donated eggs twice or thrice in different cycles.
Hyderabad: In the investigation into the egg donation racket, Malkajgiri police found that one of the accused arrested on Tuesday, Praveen , allegedly created fake Aadhaar cards for women donors to help them circumvent eligibility norms and donate eggs repeatedly.