He collected eggs from them every month.She said Prasad supplied the eggs collected from the girls to various corporate hospitals and fertility centres at high prices.âActing on a tip-off, the Saroornagar police arrested Prasad and his eight associates. As many as 15 women from the hostel were taken to Osmania Hospital for medical check-up from where they were sent to shelter homes,â Sumathi said.The police also raided an apartment in Begumpet Prakash Nagar and rescued eight women from Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Odisha, who were paid money for donating eggs. âThe racket was being run under the name of a working womenâs hostel,â the commissioner said.
Tâgana womenâs panel questions fertility centres over illegal IVFs
The Telangana Womenâs Commission on Monday questioned the authorities of five fertility centres in Hyderabad over the allegations pertaining to the collection of oocytes (eggs) from poor women in exchange of money and using them in illegal IVF procedures, days after nine people were arrested in connection with the alleged racket in the state, an official said.
