Indian clinic suspected of smuggling after the embryos are found in the suitcase

After that the man arrested on Friday, he told the police that the container with the embryos were a well known IVF clinic in Mumbai, and even said that he conducted the same type of delivery several times in the past during the past 18 months.

A source at the country's intelligence service, told The Indian Express that they ”searched the clinic's office and found incriminating documents related to the embryosmuggling”. Text of the arrested person, the man's phone also points towards the clinic and when the police staged a controlled delivery was the container with the embryos received by the clinic's director.

to import human embryos, except for research purposes. In general, in parts, flabby and unclear legislation regarding assisted reproduction, and low cost make the country a popular destination for foreigners who want to have different forms of fertilitetstjänster, writes The Times of India.

In Malaysia, the home country of the detained man, it is also illegal with surrogatfödsel according to the islamic law. Experts believe, therefore, that the malaysian couple rather than export their embryos to India, writes the Indian Express. Commercial surrogatfödsel is, however, illegal in the country.

to all the allegations of smuggling. The manager's lawyer Sujoy Kantwalla says according to the Indian Express that the clinic's surveillance cameras turned off during the scan and that the director does not received copies of the allegedly incriminating documents were taken. He believes that there is a ”conspiracy created by persons which may include competitors”.