Nepal Police's Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) is investigating Hope Fertility and Diagnostics Pvt. Ltd. based in Babarmahal on the charge of collecting ova of girls under 18 years of age. In this incident, five people, including three doctors, have been pulled into the investigation.

CIB's latest investigation has raised the question of whether the IVF service providers operating in Nepal are collecting sperm and eggs of women in accordance with legal regulations.

Experts say that due to the lack of systematic laws related to IVF, i.e., the process of taking male sperm and female eggs out of the body and fertilizing them in the laboratory, the current practices can be dragged on.

Deputy Secretary Gopikrishna Regmi, head of the law branch of the Ministry of Health and Population, said that there is no law regarding egg and sperm collection. "The IVF services are in operation, but they have been run on the basis of fraud," he said, "we do not have any law on this matter." We are in the process of policy making.' 

Article 7 of 24 of Public Health Regulations, 2077 mentions test tube baby or IVF center criteria as specialized services. It also mentions what standards are required for the operation of the center. However, it does not cover the collection and transaction of sperm and ova of women . An investigation officer of the police said that many IVF centers may have failed to collect sperm and eggs due to lax laws and poor regulation. 

The latest investigation started by CIB seems to focus more on why the egg collection of minor girls was done and what the business is doing. Dr. Shri Prasad Adhikari, Director of Charitable Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital Thapathali and Senior Gynecologist, said that there is no law related to egg donation or sale of women in Nepal. "Even though it is written in the fundamental right that it is possible to donate Venus, there is no law in our country regarding women's ovum," said Dr. Adhikari.

He gave the example of India and said that there is a system where only those who have reached the age of 21 and have children can donate eggs with consent. Taking eggs from women is also risky. By giving them medicine, taking them to the operation room and making them lie down, the ovum is collected', Dr. Adhikari said, 'During the operation, the urinary bladder or Disha house may get a hole and blood may flow . Infection may occur later. According to Dr. Adhikari, although there is not much problem in the case of men, age is very important in giving eggs in the case of women. 

In India, laws such as the Assisted Reproductive Technology (Regulation) Act, 2021 and the Surrogacy (Regulation) Act, 2021 have been introduced to regulate things like the collection of sperms and eggs of women in addition to IVM services. 

In the investigation of Hope Fertility and Diagnostic Pralimathi, the police have also investigated crimes against children. CIB for research Dr. Fossil Officer, Dr. Swasti Sharma, Dr. Malina Chaudhary along with Justina Pradhan and Alisa Wali were taken into custody. CIB is investigating after leaving them in attendance.