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In kidney racket case, lessons from 2016: Long delays, officer changed, court red flag
October 16, 2024 8:23 am
In three hearings conducted within five months last year, the IO sought more time for investigation. Three more hearings later, with similar requests every time, the court ordered the IO to “appear in person along with the case diary” -- again, in vain.
From Dhaka to Delhi, how kidney racket grew on fake family trees, fudged papers and a ghost lab
October 15, 2024 7:55 am
20-25 transplants by one surgeon at two Noida hospitals under lens, police look at more cases, middlemen say they verified documents themselves
Led by an MBA grad, how Delhi cops unravelled an illegal kidney racket that spanned five states
October 07, 2024 5:16 pm
Police sources say Arya has been “very careful” with his statements and moves, both during questioning and in the courtroom, and “is surprisingly not in a hurry to get out”.
Kidney racket: Business losses spurred main accused to sell organ, shows Delhi Police probe
September 13, 2024 5:46 am
The Crime Branch, meanwhile, wrote to the Delhi government’s health department Thursday requesting prosecution sanction against the accused persons in the case.
NIA chargesheets 4 for trafficking organs from India to Iran
August 18, 2024 2:20 pm
The donors and recipients were made to believe that organ trade is legal in Iran. The accused had forged several documents, seals and signatures of several government offices and officers to facilitate their illegal trade.
‘Cash-for-kidneys’: Apollo hospital to face probe, report in a week
December 06, 2023 7:55 am
The Delhi Health Secretary said a committee was being formed to probe the matter. Saying that details of donors and patients have been sought from the hospital, he added, “we are waiting for the hospital to respond”.
Kidney racket: Victim met accused after seeing blood donation ad
April 06, 2023 8:01 am
Kapil told the police that he saw a post on Facebook for blood donation, following which he contacted the concerned person who asked him to come to Derabassi.
Dehradun kidney racket: Two more arrested
September 17, 2017 9:33 pm
Two days after the main accused in a kidney racket allegedly running at a charitable hospital in Dehradun was arrested at Panchkula, Haryana, two more arrests were made in the case, on Sunday.
Delhi Kidney racket: PA of senior Apollo doctor detained; 5 more cases found
June 10, 2016 10:06 pm
The name of the suspect, who is the personal assistant of a senior nephrologist in Apollo hospital, emerged during the interrogation of the racket's kingpin Rajkumar Rao
Only 5% manage to get kidneys, men three times likelier
June 09, 2016 1:15 pm
Doctors say the cost of the surgery is a deterrent, though once a woman has been put on the waiting list for a cadaver organ, there are rarely any dropouts by families. The procedure can cost anywhere between Rs 3-6 lakh.
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