Prakash Bhostekar was willing to go to any length to get a son. So when his wife of 18 years could not give him a boy, he booted her and their two daughters - aged 14 and 4 years - out of the house. Nine months later, she found out that he now had a son, a boy that Jaslok Hospital gave to him via an illegal surrogacy.
"He always wanted a son, but when I refused to give my consent for surrogacy, he threw me out with my two daughters. Then he opted for surrogacy without my consent. Now he is living with his surrogate son, and has washed his hands off his other two children," said Shubhangi, who has also blamed Jaslok Hospital for ruining her and her childrens' lives. The surrogacy was handled by Dr Firuza Parikh, director of IVF and genetics at Jaslok Hospital and Research Centre.
