Bought for 5 lakhs, sold for 25 lakhs… where do the donors come from, how does the game work

Delhi Kidney Racket Case: A big arrest has been made in the kidney racket case in Delhi. Seven people, including a senior woman doctor of Apollo Hospital, have been arrested in the kidney transplant racket case exposed by the Delhi Police Crime Branch.

The people involved in the racket were from Bangladesh, the donor was brought from Bangladesh and the receiver was also from Bangladesh. The accused were running the racket since 2019 and had done about 15 transplants between 2021 and 2023, but the Crime Branch came to know about the racket and started an investigation, which has now been successful.

They used to come to India on fake documents

According to information received from sources, the accused female doctor has been identified as 50-year-old Dr. Vijaya Kumari, who is suspended. She was the only doctor in the gang who used to do transplants in a private hospital in Noida. After the kidney racket case came to light in Delhi, when the police arrested and interrogated Bangladeshi citizens, the Crime Branch came to know about the doctor and her associates.

Fake documents were recovered from the arrested Bangladeshi nationals, which were used to bring them here. Vijay Kumari was associated with Indraprastha Apollo Hospital as a junior doctor for the last 15 years. She was a visiting consultant and used to bring patients herself and do their transplant but after the kidney racket was exposed, the hospital suspended her. She also assured to cooperate with the Crime Branch.

This is how buying and selling was done

According to police sources, the people involved in the gang used to take advantage of the helplessness of the needy people of Bangladesh and convince them to sell their kidneys. Then a medical tourism company named Al Shifa called them to Delhi on fake documents. They were given 4 to 5 lakh rupees for a kidney, which was sold for 25 to 30 lakh rupees.

The people to whom the kidneys were sold were also citizens of Bangladesh. A victim recorded his statement and informed the Crime Branch about this. The gang included people named Russell, Mohammad Suman Mian, Ifti, Ratish Pal. All of them have been arrested except Ifti.