Overview
- Police identified the main accused as Priya Santosh, who allegedly posed as a Medanta doctor and targeted people via social media, fake websites, and WhatsApp groups.
- Medanta’s medical superintendent, Dr Sanjay Durani, filed an FIR at Sadar police station under provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Information Technology Act.
- A woman named Pratiksha Pujari reported paying ₹8,000 as a registration fee before being pressed for additional deposits, including ₹10,000, after a promise of ₹3 crore.
- Medanta said it has no link to the accused and does not run any organ-trade platform, noting the use of a forged staff ID and manipulated webpages in the scheme.
- Gurugram police said a woman and her associates have been booked for cyber fraud, investigators are tracing others in the group, and arrests are expected.