Hyderabad egg-selling racket busted; 43 women rescued
Hyderabad: The Malkajgiri Police on Saturday, October 31, revealed that an egg-selling racket was busted in Begumpet police limits and 43 women were rescued.
Malkajgiri Commissioner of Police, B Sumathi, said that nine people were arrested during raids conducted in Begumpet, Erragadda, Saroornagar and Gopalapuram.
Addressing the media at the Malkajgiri Commissionerate Office, Sumathi said that women were brought from different states, lured with payments of up to Rs 30,000 per egg donation and kept in rented houses before being referred for fertility procedures.
As many as eight people were arrested in Begumpet and Saroornagar, while businessman Emirishetty Durga Prasad was held in Saroornagar.
The accused include Amit Sharma, prime organiser from Prakashnagar, Begumpet, who had been running the racket for two years, paying Rs 50,000 rent monthly.
The police also arrested Nikkat Parveen, recruiter from West Bengal; Reshma Khatoon, agent; Meghavath Srinivas, coordinator; Jepray Pradeep, manager; Shaik Parveen, whose role in the racket is being investigated; Vijay Bhagwah Rao Salunke, documentation; and Pankaj Soni, intermediary.
Preliminary investigation revealed that recruiters targeted financially vulnerable women in West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra, promising Rs 20,000 to30,000 per cycle.
Police are verifying medical histories, recruitment circumstances, consent and links with fertility centres.
The investigation also revealed that the accused had links with 23 In Vitro Fertilisation (IVF) Centers in Hyderabad
Background of the case
The Malkajgiri Special Operations Team, in coordination with the Begumpet police, had raided the Ami Neeta Girls Hostel in Prakash Nagar.
🚨ILLEGAL HUMAN EGG EXTRACTION & COMMERCIAL SALE RACKET BUSTED 🚨
— Malkajgiri Police (@MalkajgiriCop) October 31, 2026
Malkajgiri Police busted an alleged illegal oocyte (egg) donation racket through simultaneous raids at four locations across Malkajgiri and Hyderabad Commissionerates.
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“We seized syringes and some contraceptive pills from the hostel premises and sent them for testing at the Gandhi Hospital in Secunderabad. Whether the women were ovulating and a racket was being operated from the hostel would be confirmed based on the medical report,” Begumpet Station House Officer (SHO) Saidulu told Siasat.com.
He added that a case of cheating under Section 318(4) and a case of wrongful confinement under Section 127 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) were registered.
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