Hyderabad: A local court on Thursday granted five-day police custody of Dr Pachipala Namrata, the prime accused in a surrogacy scam case. She was arrested along with several members of her staff for allegedly orchestrating a racket involving fake surrogacy procedures.
The case came to light after a couple discovered that DNA tests did not match them with the child they were given by the IVF clinic, which had claimed the baby was conceived through surrogacy using the couple’s own genetic material.
Police investigations revealed that Dr Namrata, along with her associates and agents, targeted vulnerable women especially those seeking abortions and persuaded them to carry the pregnancies to term in exchange for money. These newborns were then falsely presented to clients as their own biological children born via surrogacy.
In the current case, the biological parents of the child were traced to Assam, currently residing in Hyderabad, and the delivery had been arranged in Vizag.
