Kidney racket busted in Delhi's Apollo Hospital

NEW DELHI: The Delhi Police on Thursday has raid a kidney trade racket in New Delhi, in which five persons along with two others personal staff of a doctor were arrested at the Indraprastha Apollo Hospital. According to police report, middlemen Asim, Satyaprakash and Debashish arranged for suitable donors after Aditya and Shailesh, who worked as personal staff of a senior doctor in the hospital, got willing recipients. While the donors got only 3-4 lakhs as compensation, the kidneys were sold at 25-30 lakhs to wealthy recipients. The middlemen made a cut of 1-2 lakhs per deal. The police said that they have credible information about 5 such illegal transplants carried out by the gang in the past 6 months. Importantly, the police have made it clear that involvement of doctors cannot be ruled at this juncture. The police is examining documents that has captured from the hospital. A case has been mentioned at Sarita Vihar police station and the accused are being asked to find more information about the gang ' s reach.