Two nabbed in kidney sale racket

Jalandhar, May 3 (UNI) Two people were today arrested for illegal sale and purchase of kidney.

A police spokesman said the accused Rajiv Kumar, a middleman and a functionary of an Amritsar based gang, settled a deal with Raj Kumar for purchasing his kidney for a needy patient.

The transplantation was to take place at a local hospital here but the police nabbed Rajiv and the prospective donor Raj well in time.

The police was also looking into other connections of Rajiv, the spokesman added.

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