•Maharashtra State Women’s Commission chairperson Rupali Chakankar chaired a review meeting on an illegal human egg extraction racket.
•At least 40 economically vulnerable women were exploited, with forged Aadhaar documents used to bypass regulations.
•Malti IVF Centre, licensed only for Nashik, allegedly operated illegally in Thane; none of the five arrested accused have medical qualifications.
•Chakankar directed FDA and police to verify licenses of sonography centers and IVF clinics, and called for statewide raids on MTP kit sales without prescriptions.
•One donor was allegedly subjected to egg extraction 33 times, violating the Assisted Reproductive Technology (Regulation) Act 2021.
