Three arrested in Kidney racket scam in TN

Chennai, Jan 26 (UNI) Tamil Nadu Crime Branch CID police today arrested three persons alleged to be brokers in the kidney racket scam here today.

DIG CBCID A M S Gunaseelan told medipersons that Malliga, a tsunami-affected woman of a fishermen hamlet near the city, complained that she was cheated by a gang, who promised to pay Rs 1.5 lakh to part with one of her kidneys.

However, the gang paid her only Rs 30,000 after the kidney was removed at a corporate hospital in Madurai recently, the woman in in her complaint.

After a thorough investigation, the CB-CID police arrested G Raju alias Sundararaj of Chennai, S Seeni Mohammed of Ramanathapuram and A Khader Sheriff of Tiruchirapalli on the charge of cheating the woman by producing forged documents, removing her kidney and selling the organ at a higher price, Mr Gunaseelan said.

During interrogation the three admitted to the crime and confessed that they had operated as brokers in several other kidney transplantation, he said adding several documents were seized from them.

Enquiries would be made to find out other persons, who cheated people to part with their organs and also question hospital authorities and doctors concerned involved in kidney transplantations, he added.

Raids were carried out in several private hospitals at Madurai in connection with the kidney racket, he said adding the police, while scanning the records found that these hospitals had carried out renal transplantation.

The police had sought details of renal surgeries performed at these hospitals in the last one year. The hospitals have also been asked to submit all details, including personal history of the patients and involvement of brokers for the surgeries performed, he added.

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