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Kidney racket accused visited dialysis centres in Bangladesh to find targets: Chargesheet
Out of the 10 accused, seven are donors, said officers. The chargesheet was filed last week before Chief Judicial Magistrate Deepti Devesh at the Saket Court. Cognisance of the chargesheet is yet to be taken.
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The officer said that two of the accused got forged documents prepared to show that the donors and recipients were related to each other, as mandated by the Indian law.
The accused in the kidney transplant racket, busted by the Delhi Police three months ago, used to visit dialysis centres in Bangladesh to target patients suffering from renal diseases and lure them to come to India, according to an over 7,000-page chargesheet filed by the Delhi Police in the case, holding 10 persons as accused, officers said.
Out of the 10 accused, seven are donors, said officers. The chargesheet was filed last week before Chief Judicial Magistrate Deepti Devesh at the Saket Court. Cognisance of the chargesheet is yet to be taken.
On June 16, police had received a tip-off about members of an organised crime syndicate involved in illegal kidney transplants. Raids were carried out and four accused, Rasel, Rokon, Sumon and Miya, all hailing from Bangladesh, and one Ratesh Pal, a resident of Tripura, were apprehended. At their instance, three kidney recipients and three donors were identified and a case was lodged.
In their chargesheet, police said the accused targeted the patients by visiting dialysis centres in Bangladesh.
Said an officer, “They arranged the donor from Bangladesh, taking advantage of their poor financial background and exploiting them on the pretext of providing them jobs in India.”
The officer said that two of the accused got forged documents prepared to show that the donors and recipients were related to each other, as mandated by the Indian law.
Among those arrested is a consultant surgeon accused of conducting 15-16 illegal surgeries at a Noida hospital.
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The transplantation would cost a patient Rs 25 to 30 lakh, said police.
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