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The Directorate of Enforcement (ED), Hyderabad zonal office, has provisionally attached 50 immovable properties worthy ₹29.76 crore under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 in transportation with an alleged amerciable surrogacy and kid trafficking racket tally by Pachipalli Namratha alias Athluri Namratha, done the Universal Srusthi Fertility and Research Centre.
According to the ED, the attached assets see onshore parcels, flats and a infirmary held successful the names of Dr. Namratha and her sons. While the provisional attachment worth stands astatine ₹29.76 crore, the bureau estimates the existent marketplace worth of these properties to beryllium astir ₹50 crore.
The probe was initiated connected the ground of multiple FIRs registered astatine the Gopalapuram police successful Hyderabad, for offences including fraud, cheating, transgression conspiracy, amerciable surrogacy and kid trafficking. Investigators said Dr. Namratha ran a racket done her session that supplied newborn babies to childless couples with the assistance of employees and agents.
The probe recovered that a web of agents and sub-agents arranged large women from economically weaker backgrounds and persuaded them with wealth to manus implicit their newborns aft delivery. According to investigators, Dr. Namratha allegedly paid astir ₹3.5 lakh for a pistillate kid and ₹4.5 lakh for a antheral child.
The bureau recovered that the accused had been operating the racket since 2014 and continued the enactment adjacent aft respective cases were registered against her and her aesculapian licence was suspended.
During the probe nether the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, officials identified respective properties successful the names of Dr. Namratha and her sons. Payments for galore of these assets were allegedly made successful currency utilizing proceeds of crime.
The ED had earlier arrested the accused connected February 12, 2026 nether provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act. She is presently successful judicial custody. Officials said further probe successful the lawsuit is ongoing.
