Tamil Nadu Girl Whose Oocytes Were Forcibly Sold Escapes From Govt Home, Traced

Three of the six girls were found at Perumal Malai while three others were traced in Namakkal district.

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Chennai: A 17-year-old girl, whose oocytes were forcibly sold by her mother's live-in partner, escaped from the government home where she was lodged along with five other girl inmates in Erode district.

The shelter home staff said that the girls had told them that they could not stay there and on Sunday evening they found the girls missing. Following this, they lodged a police complaint. Later the police traced all six girls and brought them back.

Three of the six girls were found at Perumal Malai while three others were traced in Namakkal district.

The 17-year-old girl had complained that she was sexually assaulted by her mother's live-in partner.

The girl had complained that she was forcibly taken to several private hospitals and her oocytes were sold eight times in 2017.

Her mother, Indrani alias Sumaiya, her live-in partner Syed Ali, an intermediary named S. Malathy and John, who prepared a fake Aadhaar card depicting her birth year as 1995, were arrested and charged under Goonda Act.

The girl had complained that she was taken to private hospitals at Hosur, Perundurai, Erode, Salem, Thiruvananthapuram and Tirupati where her oocytes were sold eight times for money.

The girl is lodged at the R.N. Pudur home since June 2, 2021 but she had insisted that she be discharged as she wants to live with her grandmother.

Earlier, Tamil Nadu Health Minister Ma Subramanian on Wednesday said the state police have slapped the National Security Act (NSA) on the three people who were arrested for harvesting the eggs of a minor girl.

The three arrested include the mother of the minor girl, her (mother's) paramour, and a broker who was involved in scouting clients for the perpetrators of the crime.

Ma Subramanian while speaking to IANS said, "The three who were arrested from Erode for harvesting the Oocytes of a minor girl are slapped with the National Security Act, which would provide one-year detention and we have also gone for an appeal against the stay granted to the hospitals involved in the egg harvesting."