Delhi police unearths a kidney transplant racket - arrests kingpin from Kolkata

A Delhi police team has unearthed a kidney transplant racket and arrested the kingpin from Rajarhat in Kolkata as he was settling down for a house warming party - he had around 150 guests at the time. The police had already arrested five people. These included two staff members of doctors at Apollo Hospital in Delhi. Their interrogation led the team to the kingpin.
This has been reported in telegraphindia.com dated 9 June 2016.

Preliminary investigation has revealed that touts would lure poor people from various parts of the country, including Bengal, to donate kidneys. They would be paid measly amounts of Rs 3 lakh to Rs 4 lakh while the gang would charge several times more from the recipients of the kidneys. The transplantation surgeries were performed at the hospital in Delhi.
The kingpin is believed to belong to Hyderabad and, as indicated by his neighbors, he had bought two houses, 50m apart, in three years and the family kept to themselves. He had let out a story that he owned a saline bottle manufacturing factory in Hyderabad which is why he had to go out of town frequently. He used to receive many visitors but they did not speak Bengali or Hindi or English. Cops feel they might have spoken in Telegu since the man has links to Hyderabad.
As per existing laws, organ transplants can be done only among family members - and it is illegal to sell organs for money.


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The incident was triggered when the DTC bus brushed against the bike of the boy near Mundka. His mother was on the pillion and both fell down.
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