Dubai IVF doctors promise guaranteed baby boys:Bhaskar’s investigation exposes ₹35 lakh sex selection racket, linking Delhi agents and Turkey network

If the pregnancy becomes positive, it will be a hundred percent boy… Girl will be discarded (the female embryo will be destroyed) Saying this, 100 percent confidence is visible on Dr. Gautam Ilahabadi’s face. Dr. Ilahabadi runs an IVF center in Dubai under his own name. A Bhaskar reporter video-called him posing as a customer. Dr. Ilahabadi explained the entire process of sex selection (sex determination) to the reporter. He also assured that the advanced IVF technique he would use guarantees a boy. For this procedure, he quoted a cost of 30-35 lakh rupees. Dr. Ilahabadi can be called a part of that international racket, which is doing business worth crores by taking advantage of the desperation of couples in India who desire a son. Dainik Bhaskar’s investigation team has exposed this racket, whose ties extend from Dubai, Thailand, and Turkey to India’s capital, Delhi. This racket is not only targeting people who can go abroad but is also running an illegal system in Delhi for those who do not have passports or do not want to risk going abroad. How is this entire network operating and how is a guarantee being given to implant a boy in the womb? Read the report Investigation began with the lure of commission
The investigation into this entire matter began when several renowned gynecologists across the country, including Madhya Pradesh, started receiving emails from IVF centers in Dubai. These emails contained a shocking offer – ‘Send us patients who only want a boy, and we will give you a 10 percent commission on the total cost of treatment.’ While many doctors immediately rejected this unethical and illegal offer, some were also reported to have fallen into this trap. It was clear that the illegal work that could not be done here due to India’s strict ‘Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (PCPNDT) Act, 1994’ was being carried out on foreign soil. 6 Points of Bhaskar Investigation Doctor said – If not Dubai, we will send you to Turkey
Continuing the investigation, a Bhaskar reporter, posing as a couple desiring a son, contacted Dubai’s renowned Allahabadia IVF Center. After some initial conversations and sending reports, a Zoom meeting was scheduled with the center’s head, Dr. Gautam Allahabadia. In the meeting, Dr. Allahabadia, citing the reporter’s wife’s medical reports, said, ‘Your wife’s AMH (Anti-Mllerian Hormone) is very low. If we need nine embryos for testing, then IVF will have to be done at least six times, for which you will have to come to Dubai four to five times.’ When the reporter asked why nine embryos were needed, the answer was even more shocking. ‘Yes, if we do nine, one or two boys come out of them.’ He quoted the cost of this entire procedure at 30 to 35 lakh rupees. When the reporter expressed inability to come to Dubai so many times, Dr. Allahabadia immediately suggested another way. We do something in Cyprus; all the patients here go to Cyprus, it’s part of Turkey. There, a boy can be conceived with a donor egg. No passport? Delhi has an ‘illegal’ workaround
The conversation completely changed when the reporter mentioned the problem with getting a passport. What Dr. Allahabadia said upon hearing this was enough to expose the Delhi connection of this racket. Dr. Allahabadia said – Here in Delhi, people do the same thing illegally, but they don’t give anything in writing. I will connect you with those people, but after that, you have to deal at your own risk. He immediately gave his WhatsApp number (0097156xxxx000) and said that if you message on this, I will give you the number of Mr. Gaurav Wankhede from Delhi, tell him that you need a boy from a donor egg. He clarified that all this happens in a ‘grey zone’ and he would not be directly involved in it. Contact us whenever your passport is ready. We will explain the entire plan to you. The broker said – Besides me, only a handful of people are in this work
When Dr. Allahabadia contacted the number he received and spoke to the broker Gaurav Wankhede, who was based in Delhi, he laid out the entire blueprint of this illegal business. He described himself as a 20-year veteran in this industry and said that his work was to organize IVF, donor eggs, and surrogacy. When the reporter explained the desire for a son and the compulsion of not being able to go to Dubai, Wankhede assured that his work would be done. He said that all this would happen in Delhi and if a good result was desired, Delhi was the only place. He claimed that only two or three people in India do this. I am one of them. Wankhede said that we have a hospital. You send me the reports. After a complete study, I will send a complete plan. I will explain step by step how the treatment will be done. Don’t worry, your work will be done.
Complete Guarantee of Gender
To further understand the depth of this racket, our team contacted another large center in Dubai, New Hope IVF Center. Here, we spoke with Dr. Gomathi and then Dr. Dhanshankar K.R. The revelations made by Dr. Dhanshankar were hair-raising. He clearly stated, ‘A hundred percent guarantee for IVF is not possible, but I am giving a guarantee for gender. If the pregnancy is positive, it will be a hundred percent boy.’ When the reporter asked how this was possible, he explained the entire scientific process. We combine sperm and egg to create an embryo. Before implanting the embryo into the womb, we perform genetic testing. Go back and say IVF was done in Delhi
Dr. Dhanshankar also explained ways to avoid Indian law. He said that you should come as tourists. Don’t tell anyone your medical history at the airport. Here, it is 100% legal. He also advised that upon returning to India, there is no need to tell any local gynecologist that this procedure was done in Dubai. He suggested a way, saying that you can say that IVF was done in Delhi or Chennai. They won’t need your old prescription. How does this gender selection game work?
This entire illegal business is based on Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD), an advanced technique associated with In-vitro fertilization (IVF). While the original purpose of this technique is to prevent genetic diseases from passing to the next generation, in countries like Dubai and Thailand, it is being misused for gender selection. This entire process has 6 stages. This procedure claims up to 99% accuracy, and millions of rupees are being charged in the name of this guarantee.
Strictness of PCPNDT Act in India
In India, under the PCPNDT Act, 1994, conducting sex determination before birth or promoting sex selection in any way is a serious offense. Under this law, disclosing or selecting the sex of the fetus is completely prohibited. Doctors or clinics doing so may have their licenses revoked, heavy fines may be imposed, and they may also face imprisonment. However, this international racket is exploiting the weakness of this very law. Since this procedure is taking place in countries like Dubai or Thailand, where it is legally permitted under the name of ‘family balancing’, they are outside the purview of Indian law. But carrying out this work through brokers in Delhi is a direct violation of Indian law. Business happening under the guise of medical tourism
Dr. Pragya Tiwari, Senior Joint Director of NHM, said that sex selection of a fetus is completely prohibited under the PCPNDT Act. A section of this act clearly states that advertising any kind related to sex selection is also a punishable offense. The Government of Madhya Pradesh has been continuously vigilant and sensitive regarding this issue. She informed that information and complaints have been received from various sources that using advanced techniques, it is being decided whether the child will be a boy or a girl, under the name of ‘family balancing’. Some other countries, including Dubai, Thailand, and Australia, are promoting such services as medical tourism. Couples from the state also travel to these countries as tourists to undergo this procedure and later return to India, where the child is born.