VARANASI: Commissionerate police succeeded in busting a gang involved in supplying minor girls of financially weak background to prominent 'in vitro fertilisation' (IVF) centres by arresting its five members, including two women, on Wednesday evening.DCP, Kashi zone, RS Gautam said that women police incharge Nikita Singh led team arrested Anmol Jaiswal (29), Ashish Yadav, both of Tulsipur Mahmoorganj, Anita Devi (34) of Khojwa and Sima Devi (30) and her husband Ashish Kumar of Nakkhighat Navapur on Wednesday evening.The women cops also seized two mobile phones from them.ACP, Kotwali, Amit Pandey, who monitored the investigation, said, a girl, aged around 17, lodged a complaint with the women police station, alleging that Sima and Ashish had promised her Rs 30,000 for donating her egg at an IVF centre.
Jaiswal prepared a fake Aadhaar card for the minor girl showing her as adult to fulfil eligibility for the egg donation.
Later, they asked her to apply 'sindur' and gave her a 'mangalsutra' to wear to show her as a married woman, officials said, adding that the minor girl was then taken to a prominent IVF centre.However, when the girl was paid only Rs 11,500 instead of Rs 30,000 as promised she and her mother lodged a complaint with women police station on October 29 alleging that she had been cheated by the couple.
She claimed that the couple kept her in the dark during the entire process.
She also demanded action against the IVF centre.Regarding prescribed norms for egg donation, chief medical officer (CMO) Dr Nikunj Verma said that a woman going to become an egg donor should be above 23 years and married with at least one child of minimum of three years of age.
The woman can donate eggs only once in her lifetime and not more than seven eggs can be retrieved from her.During investigation it came to light that the arrested couple and their accomplices were running an organised gang to target girls of financially weak background.
After convincing the girl they prepared her fake Aadhaar to show her as above 23 years and married, officials said adding that the gang was in constant touch with middlemen of IVF centres.