Hyderabad IVF Scam: Baby Bought for Rs.90,000, Sold for Rs.35 Lakh
A Rajasthan couple was cheated of Rs. 35 lakh by a fake IVF clinic in Hyderabad that sold them a baby not biologically theirs.
Many married couples who cannot have a child naturally due to medical problems turn to medical options like IVF (In-Vitro Fertilisation) or surrogacy to become parents. But a shocking case from Secunderabad, Telangana, has now exposed a big scam in this system.
In August 2024, a couple from Rajasthan, who were married for over 10 years and unable to have a child, decided to try surrogacy as their last option. After searching online, they found a popular clinic called Universal Srushti Fertility Centre in Secunderabad.
The clinic staff promised a guaranteed baby using the couple’s own egg and sperm through IVF. The cost was ?35 lakh — a huge amount — but the couple agreed, desperate to become parents.
The clinic regularly sent them updates, medical reports, and even video calls with a woman who claimed to be the surrogate. Everything looked real. In June 2025, the couple finally received a baby boy.
But soon, doubts began to rise. The baby did not look like either parent, and the documents seemed fake. When they questioned the clinic, the staff gave unclear answers. Quietly, the couple did a DNA test in Rajasthan.
The result broke their hearts — the baby was not biologically related to either of them.
They immediately filed a complaint with the Hyderabad Police in July 2025. What the investigation revealed shocked everyone.
- The clinic had been running illegally since 2021, even though its license was cancelled.
- No egg or sperm from the couple was used.
- There was no surrogate mother involved.
- The baby had been bought for ?90,000 from a poor couple in Assam, and sold to the Rajasthan couple for ?35 lakh.
- All documents — including the birth certificate — were fake.
The police arrested six people, including:
- Dr. Athaluri Namrath (Chief Doctor and Founder)
- P Jayantha Krishna (Namrath’s son, a lawyer)
- Dr. Nargula Sadanandam (Anesthetist)
- Mohammed Ali Adik & Nasreen Begum (the Assam couple who sold the baby)
- Other clinic agents and staff
The clinic had branches in Hyderabad, Vijayawada, and Visakhapatnam, which are now being searched by police.
In a tragic turn, both families refused to take the baby. The Assam couple gave him up for money. The Rajasthan couple, feeling betrayed, refused custody because the baby was not theirs by blood.
Now, the two-month-old baby is in the care of the government’s child protection centre (Shishu Vihar) in Ameerpet, Hyderabad. The Child Welfare Committee has said:
“If no one claims the child in two months, he will be legally available for adoption.”
This case is not just a scam — it is a serious crime that shows how unregulated fertility clinics can cheat and destroy lives. It is a big reminder that IVF and surrogacy systems in India need strict monitoring and rules to protect innocent people.
