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The Enforcement Directorate (ED) connected Thursday (September 25, 2025) carried retired searches successful Hyderabad, Vijayawada and Visakhapatnam successful transportation with the Srushti Fertility Centre scam.
The bureau has booked Universal Srushti Fertility Centre and its head, 64-year-old A Namratha, successful a parallel wealth laundering lawsuit nether the Prevention of Money Laundering Act. Multiple FIRs had earlier been filed against her, prompting Hyderabad constabulary to registry cases since 2019.
According to investigators, complaints from childless couples pointed to DNA mismatches successful babies, substitution of infants, and nonaccomplishment to transportation retired procedures contempt collecting ample sums of money. The ED has registered an Enforcement Case Information Report (ECIR) and is probing the travel of funds linked to the scam.
Officials said the searches are aimed astatine tracing the laundering way and identifying assets acquired done alleged irregularities. Action is expected successful the coming days arsenic the probe widens crossed Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.
