HYDERABAD: The investigation into the oocyte racket allegedly linked to Oasis Fertility has widened, with five more cases registered against its parent company, its director Dr Gedela Durga Rao and others. The cases were registered at Malakpet, Film Nagar, Jubilee Hills, Mahankali and Miyapur police stations following a complaint by Hyderabad District Medical and Health Officer (DMHO) Putla Srinivas.
Two cases had earlier been registered at Begumpet and Saroornagar police stations, in which nine persons were arrested.
In his complaint, Srinivas named Sadguru Healthcare Services Private Limited, represented by its director, Dr Gedela Durga Rao. The company operates an ART bank and fertility clinics under the names Oasis and Sadguru. The other individuals named in the complaint were egg donor facilitator Amit Sharma alias Amith Sharma, ART bank facilitator Nikhat Parvin alias Nikhat Sharma and Deepika.
The DMHO alleged that the company, its director and the facilitators had worked together under written agreements to recruit women as paid oocyte donors, accommodate them, administer ovarian stimulation and supply the retrieved oocytes to the company’s fertility clinics.
The ART bank is located in Madinaguda, while the company operates five ART clinics in Madinaguda, Malakpet, Secunderabad, Road No 2 in Banjara Hills and Shaikpet, according to the complaint. All six facilities are registered in the company’s name, with Durga Rao listed as director on each registration certificate. The DMHO alleged that the bank supplied donors and oocytes to the clinics within the same organisation, which operated under a single director.
The complaint also flagged discrepancies in the locations where donors were sent for procedures. Women from the bank were assigned to clinics in Tolichowki, Gachibowli, Uppal and Malakpet.
DMHO flags gaps in ART bank records
However, the bank produced memoranda of understanding (MoUs) or tie-up documents only for branches in Miyapur, Banjara Hills and Secunderabad. Adding to the discrepancy, registration records did not list any company-run ART clinics in Gachibowli or Uppal. “This is to be confirmed from the state and National registry,” the complaint stated.
The DMHO also raised concerns over the bank’s records. These showed that 66 donor cases had undergone procedures between January and October 2026, but only 47 case records were furnished to inspecting officials. The remaining 19 records were not produced, and the bank had also failed to provide accurate reports on donor oocytes. The DMHO alleged that this amounted to a violation of the Assisted Reproductive Technology (Regulation) Act, 2021, which requires the bank to maintain and make its records available for inspection.
The complaint further alleged that financially vulnerable women were recruited from other states, brought to Hyderabad and housed in a hostel before being taken to the ART bank and clinics for oocyte retrieval. The procedures involved ovarian stimulation using hormonal drugs. The DMHO maintained that the women’s consent did not make the alleged violations permissible.
It also alleged that hormonal injections were administered at the hostel without the supervision of a qualified medical practitioner. The source of the drugs, and whether they were supplied by or through the ART bank or its clinics, needed to be investigated, the complaint said. The MoU placed responsibility for administering all injections on the ART bank, the DMHO pointed out.
The allegations follow a joint inspection by Begumpet police and Medical and Health Department officials at Ami Nita Girls Hostel on October 30. Managed by Amith Sharma and Nikhat Sharma, the hostel housed 12 women from West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh.
During the inspection, the women reportedly told officials that Amith Sharma had approached them when they were financially vulnerable and offered around Rs 50,000 for each oocyte donation cycle. He had brought them to Hyderabad and accommodated them at the hostel. They were to undergo procedures at fertility centres, including Oasis Fertility Centre in Banjara Hills, and told officials that they were being administered hormonal injections.
Following the inspection, Begumpet police registered a case and arrested several persons. They also served notices on 14 fertility hospitals, IVF centres and ART banks, seeking explanations. Subsequently, on November 11, eight persons were taken into custody for five days.
The Health department later identified further alleged violations and lodged complaints at five other police stations. Further investigation is under way.