Archive · 31 Jul 2025
Police Seek Custody in Surrogacy Racket Investigation
The police are asking the court if they can keep Dr. Namratha and her son, Jayanth, in custody for a week.
They think they were involved in a baby-selling scheme.
They want to ask them questions about how they may have cheated couples who wanted to have babies through surrogacy.
The police arrested the mother and son, along with others, last month.
During a raid, they found an illegal fertility clinic with donors.
They need more information to understand how many people were hurt by this.
Police seek custody of Dr. Namratha and her son, Jayanth.
They are accused in a baby-selling racket.
Police want to interrogate the accused about defrauding couples through surrogacy.
The mother and son were arrested on July 25.
An unauthorized fertility center was raided, uncovering sperm and egg donors.
- Who
- Dr. Namratha, her son Jayanth, and potentially defrauded couples.
- What
- Alleged baby-selling racket involving illegal surrogacy.
- When
- The Gopalapuram police filed a petition for custody.
- Where
- Hyderabad at the Nampally Court.
- Why
- To investigate the extent of the alleged surrogacy fraud.
- Accused
- Dr. Namratha and Jayanth
- Allegations
- Baby-selling racket, surrogacy fraud
- Seeking
- Police seek one week custody
- Location
- Hyderabad
- Arrest Date
- July 25
- Found
- 17 sperm donors, 11 egg donors
- Facility
- Unauthorised fertility centre
