The Enforcement Directorate (ED), which is currently interrogating the accused in the Srushti Fertility Centre case inside Chanchalguda Jail, is focusing on suspected money laundering linked to a large-scale illegal surrogacy and baby trafficking racket. The questioning will continue until October 28, with court approval obtained for the extended probe.

The ED took up this case primarily to investigate the financial trails under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), following numerous FIRs filed by Hyderabad police beginning in 2019.

These FIRs involved accusations against Universal Srushti Fertility Centre and its head, Dr Athaluri Namratha, who operated a widespread scam involving fraudulent IVF and surrogacy services, infant trafficking, forged medical and birth records, and

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