The Kidney Scam: Prabhleen Sandhu Has Acquired the Rights of the Best Seller Book Based On India’s Biggest Human Organ Trafficking Scandal
3 months, 3 weeks ago

The Kidney Scam: Prabhleen Sandhu Has Acquired the Rights of the Best Seller Book Based On India’s Biggest Human Organ Trafficking Scandal

Live Mint  

VMPL New Delhi, November 30: Producer- Actor Prabhleen Sandhu of Almighty Motion Picture, who was recently seen in Hansal Mehta's critically acclaimed film The Buckingham Murders', has acquired one of the most successful bestseller books 'The Kidney Scam - True Story of Busting India's Biggest Human Organ Trafficking Scam' by authors Kiran Nirvan. "The story of the Kidney Scam is that of resilience and courage to face powerful evil even when you're only a common man. Busting nation's biggest human organ trafficking scam is not just another story. Witness the nail-biting chase that led to the busting of one of nation's biggest human organ trade scams.

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Woman tricks husband into selling his kidney for ₹10 lakh then runs away with lover and cash
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Woman tricks husband into selling his kidney for ₹10 lakh then runs away with lover and cash

Hindustan Times  

A woman from West Bengal allegedly forced her husband to sell his kidney and used the money to elope with her lover. According to a News18 report, a woman from Sankrail in Howrah district allegedly pressured her husband to sell his kidney for ₹10 lakh under the pretext of saving up money for their daughter’s education and marriage. The man …

After Vizag, kidney transplantation racket surfaces in Guntur; man duped of Rs 30 lakh
8 months, 1 week ago

After Vizag, kidney transplantation racket surfaces in Guntur; man duped of Rs 30 lakh

New Indian Express  

GUNTUR: Days after an illegal kidney transplantation racket was unearthed in Visakhapatnam, a similar case came to light in Guntur during the Public Grievance Redressal System meeting held here on Monday. During the programme, the victim of the alleged racket, G Madhu Babu of KVP Colony, informed the Guntur SP that he was promised Rs 30 lakh for ‘donating’ his …

Inside Pakistan’s horrific organ trafficking ring that sold hundreds of kidneys to wealthy
1 year, 5 months ago

Inside Pakistan’s horrific organ trafficking ring that sold hundreds of kidneys to wealthy

Firstpost  

Dr Fawad Mukhtar, the alleged mastermind of the organ-trafficking racket, used a mechanic as his surgical assistant. Mukhtar is accused of conducting over 300 illegal transplants at private homes – at times without his victims’ knowledge – and selling them to wealthy persons for up to Rs 28 lakh Police in Pakistan have busted an organ trafficking ring that removed …

Kidney racket at Dera Bassi hospital: Another potential donor surfaces, was to be paid ₹5 lakh
1 year, 11 months ago

Kidney racket at Dera Bassi hospital: Another potential donor surfaces, was to be paid ₹5 lakh

Hindustan Times  

Probing into the kidney racket at Indus International Hospital in Dera Bassi, Mohali police have traced another potential donor, a 40-year-old man, who was fraudulently presented as the younger brother of the Haryana-based recipient. The special investigation team investigating the kidney racket scam had earlier established that the hospital conducted 35 kidney transplants over the past two years, all performed …

Kidney villages: How poverty makes people sell their kidneys, from Kathmandu to Chennai, and now Herat
2 years, 1 month ago

Kidney villages: How poverty makes people sell their kidneys, from Kathmandu to Chennai, and now Herat

Op India  

Poverty, indebtedness, and vulnerability have for many years pushed poor people in several developing countries into selling their kidneys. As per a recent report in PBS, Nepal’s Human Rights Commission stated that over 150 people in a village in the Kavre district have sold their kidneys. Approximately 50 kilometres east of Nepal’s capital city Kathmandu, the Hokse village, dubbed as …

Man from Assam's Tinsukia sells kidney to escape poverty
3 years, 8 months ago

Man from Assam's Tinsukia sells kidney to escape poverty

India Today  

A man from Tinsukia district of Assam sold his kidney for Rs 4 lakh in Kolkata to make ends meet for his wife and two children. Only last Monday, the police busted an inter-state gang involved in the illegal trade of human organs in Assam’s Morigaon district. Speaking to the media, Sinha’s wife Sheena said, “My husband sold his kidney …

Kidney scam: Evidence shows nexus between Hiranandani doctors and racketeers
8 years, 5 months ago

Kidney scam: Evidence shows nexus between Hiranandani doctors and racketeers

Firstpost  

According to the charge sheet filed by the Powai Police, the police seized three letters from Nilesh Kamble, one of the accused and organ transplant co-ordinator for the hospital, which gave approvals for the transplants. As reported in Hindustan Times on 12 October, “The three letters issued on the letterhead of LH Hiranandani Hospital, Powai, gave approvals for kidney transplants …

Meet T Rajkumar Rao, the man who built a Rs 75-crore illegal kidney trade
8 years, 8 months ago

Meet T Rajkumar Rao, the man who built a Rs 75-crore illegal kidney trade

Firstpost  

Asia’s biggest kidney harvester T Rajkumar Rao, who grew up reading Phantom comics and watching Amitabh Bachchan blockbusters, has conned over 15,000 debt-ridden farmers, Tsunami sufferers and impoverished tea garden workers to build his Rs 75 crore empire. In his confessions to sleuths of Delhi Police, Rao said he made half of his donors part with their kidneys for as …

Black market in human kidneys grows to 10,000 operations a year
12 years, 9 months ago

Black market in human kidneys grows to 10,000 operations a year

Raw Story  

The illegal trade in kidneys has risen to such a level that an estimated 10,000 black market operations involving purchased human organs now take place annually, or more than one an hour, World Health Organisation experts have revealed. "The illegal trade worldwide was falling back in about 2006-07 – there was a decrease in 'transplant tourism'," said Luc Noel, a …

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