The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has unearthed a decade-long illegal surrogacy racket allegedly run by Dr. Pachipalli Namratha through her clinic, Universal Srusthi Fertility and Research Centre. Searches across multiple cities led to the seizure of documents revealing fraud, child trafficking, and property acquisition using proceeds of crime.
Hyderabad: The Directorate of Enforcement (ED), Hyderabad conducted search operations at nine locations in Hyderabad, Vijayawada and Visakhapatnam in connection with an illegal surrogacy racket run by Dr. Pachipalli Namratha alias Athluri Namratha in the name of Universal Srusthi Fertility and Research Centre.
The searches resulted in the seizure of incriminating documents related to the racket including the details of couples defrauded by