The surrogacy and child trafficking scam linked to Universal Srushti Fertility Centers has shaken Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, leading to the transfer of investigations to the Special Investigation Team (SIT) at the Crime Branch. Over 25 individuals, including the clinic owner Dr. A Namratha, have been arrested for running an elaborate racket in the region.
Two missing girls have also been rescued from the gang, they said. According to the police, two teenage girls had gone missing from the Maniyar police station area within a month
She was transported to Hyderabad on a prisoner transit warrant, presented before the court, and placed in judicial custody. The Rachakonda police have also submitted a petition requesting her custody for further questioning regarding the child-selling racket that was uncovered in the last week of February.
Krishnaveni was paying Rs 1.5 lakh for a girl and Rs 2.5 lakh for a boy to Vandana and through Deepthi and Savithri shifted the babies to the city. They were later selling the infants at higher price to people in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana
Cyberabad Women & Children Safety Wing (W&CSW) DCP K. Srujana, in the meeting said that facial recognition software application ‘Darpan’ will be utilized to identify missing children.
The RPF personnel and BBA team during their routine rounds on Platform No.1, found two children who appeared to be in distress and were accompanied by a suspicious person.
Rachakonda CP Tarun Joshi said the prime suspect, Shobarani, who also runs a health clinic at Medipally, along with Swapna and Saleem, were bringing the infants from Delhi and Maharashtra.
A three-month-old girl was sold by her father for Rs 70,000, and 11 people were found to have been involved in the case, said the police, adding that all the accused have been apprehended.
District Child Protection Officer Mahender Reddy Gade said that they had conducted the programmes to all the SHGs in eight mandals against the total of 16 mandals in the newly created Warangal Rural district.
