Mumbai, Oct. 17 -- A woman allegedly underwent egg-retrieval procedures 33 times as part of an illegal human egg extraction and sale racket involving more than 40 economically vulnerable women, prompting the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to search 11 premises across Maharashtra, an official said on Saturday.
The searches were conducted in Badlapur, Ulhasnagar, Nashik and Baramati as the agency investigated the alleged exploitation of women and traced financial transactions involving agents, fertility centres and other medical establishments.
The ED searched premises linked to arrested agents, hospitals and fertility facilities suspected of facilitating the procedures. In Ulhasnagar, searches were carried out at Subhash Tekdi in Daha Chawl,...