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₹29 lakh seized, lockers frozen: ED raids 10 premises in human egg extraction racket in Maharashtra

Edited By: Shalini Chandran
According to the ED's press statement, a significant portion of homebuyers' money was also diverted to other group firms under the guise of long-pending loans, which remain outstanding to date. Photo: IANS
According to the ED's press statement, a significant portion of homebuyers' money was also diverted to other group firms under the guise of long-pending loans, which remain outstanding to date. Photo: IANS

Mumbai: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has conducted searches at 10 premises, including hospitals and IVF centres, in Thane, Baramati and Nashik in connection with an alleged illegal human egg extraction racket.

The searches were carried out by the ED’s Mumbai unit under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002. The agency said the racket was allegedly run by Manjusha Wankhede and 16 others.

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The searches resulted in the seizure of ₹29 lakh in cash, the freezing of bank lockers and mutual fund investments, and the recovery of incriminating documents and digital devices, the ED said in a post on X.

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