Prakash Bhostekar

An illegal surrogacy case exposed by mid-day in May last year has come to a stunning close. On April 2, the State Commission for the Protection of Child Rights found the father, Prakash Bhostekar, guilty of submitting a false affidavit to opt for the procedure. An order has been passed to initiate criminal action against him. Jaslok hospital, which carried out the surrogacy, has not been spared either, with the commission directing the formation of a task force to ascertain whether or not it followed medical guidelines in the case.