India, Feb. 27 -- Police, officers from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and authorities from the state health department have been instructed to conduct raids on sonography and IVF centers in Badlapur and Thane, to check if they have licences to run their establishments.

This comes on the back of a flourishing human egg extraction racket being busted in Badlapur recently, which involved an IVF centre - Malti IVF Centre -- in Thane that allegedly offered between Rs.25,000 to Rs.30,000 to victims for each cycle, repeatedly using them as egg donors. Four women and one man have been arrested in connection with the illegal practice thriving from an apartment in Badlapur. It is believed around 40 women have been exploited so far.

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