Dera Bassi hospital performs 35 kidney transplants in 2 years, all under scanner
1 year, 11 months ago

Dera Bassi hospital performs 35 kidney transplants in 2 years, all under scanner

Hindustan Times  

Digging deeper into the organ transplant scam at a private hospital in Dera Bassi, the special investigation team of Mohali police has found that the hospital conducted 35 transplants in a little over two years. Police had formed the SIT on Sunday following a complaint by a 28-year-old man, Kapil Kumar from Sirsa, Haryana, who accused the hospital’s transplant coordinator, Abhishek, of not paying him the promised ₹10 lakh in lieu of his kidney. The three-member SIT probing the scam comprises superintendent of police Navreet Singh Virk, ASP Darpan Ahluwalia and Dera Bassi SHO Jaskanwal Singh. We have learnt about this matter only from the police and the transplant coordinator has been arrested.” Hospital coordinator, touts targeted needy people Investigators said hospital’s transplant coordinator Abhishek is in cahoots with a huge network of touts led by Raj Narayan from Uttar Pradesh.

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Kidney Transplant Racket: Police Accountability Under Scanner
2 months ago

Kidney Transplant Racket: Police Accountability Under Scanner

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The interstate kidney trafficking case that was busted by the Saroornagar police recently is now raising questions about the accountability of health and police officials, who are not coming to the rescue of the demoralised victims. Two donors from Thrissur, Nasreen Bhanu Eliah, 22, and Firdosh, 40, who underwent illegal kidney transplants, were initially shifted to Gandhi Hospital where …

Police Team Looks for Organ Broker Chain in Karnataka
2 months ago

Police Team Looks for Organ Broker Chain in Karnataka

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: The Saroornagar police, who are investigating the illegal kidney transplantation racket, will be going to Karnataka to trace multiple brokers involved in the human organ transplantation racket that was busted in the city on Sunday. After the police entered the scene and donors and recipients were moved to Gandhi Hospital, a state-level inquiry committee was formed under the aegis …

Kidney transplant racket in Hyderabad: Recipients paid ₹50 lakh, donors received ₹4 lakh
2 months, 1 week ago

Kidney transplant racket in Hyderabad: Recipients paid ₹50 lakh, donors received ₹4 lakh

The Hindu  

The Telangana Health Department has constituted a committee to investigate the kidney transplant racket that was uncovered at Alaknanda Hospital in Saroor Nagar, Rangareddy district, on January 21. The scandal has exposed a network of illegal organ trafficking, where two donors were reportedly paid ₹4 lakh each for their kidneys, while the recipients shelled out ₹50 lakh for the transplants, …

Kidney racket: Hyderabad hospital comes under scanner
2 months, 1 week ago

Kidney racket: Hyderabad hospital comes under scanner

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Saroornagar kidney racket has been a narrative of ruthless exploitation, with the victims, including widows from Tamil Nadu's Trichy, allegedly duped by a broker into donating their kidneys for transplantation to unknown and ostensibly well-off recipients. Our nephrology and urology department heads are overseeing their care.” Sources revealed that the donors and their recipients were kept in separate …

Illegal Kidney Transplants Unearthed at Hyderabad Hospital
2 months, 1 week ago

Illegal Kidney Transplants Unearthed at Hyderabad Hospital

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad:A kidney transplant racket allegedly operating out of Alakananda Hospital in Saroornagar's Doctors Colony was unearthed on Tuesday during a joint raid conducted by law enforcement and health authorities. Police said they were unable to make statements due to the language barrier The police held one person named Sumanth, part of the hospital management, later in the evening. "The hospital, …

Doctor, gang coerced Bangladeshi targets to donate kidneys: Delhi Police
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Doctor, gang coerced Bangladeshi targets to donate kidneys: Delhi Police

Hindustan Times  

For three years, a 55-year-old doctor from Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, her aides along with a group of Bangladeshi nationals allegedly lured people from the neighbouring country to hospitals in Delhi and National Capital Region, confiscated their passports and transplanted their kidneys illegally. The gang also forged papers in the name of Bangladesh High Commission in New Delhi to show that …

Delhi Police busts organ transplant racket: Private hospital doctor among seven arrested
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Delhi Police busts organ transplant racket: Private hospital doctor among seven arrested

Live Mint  

The Delhi Police has busted an organ transplantation racket with international links, arresting seven people, including a female doctor from Indraprastha Hospital, news agency ANI reported on Tuesday. “Seven people have been arrested in connection with the international organ transplant racket,” Amit Goel, DCP Crime Branch, said. In a statement, Indraprastha Hospital said the Delhi Police's crime branch department took …

Organ transplantation case: Jaipur police arrest two doctors of Fortis
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Organ transplantation case: Jaipur police arrest two doctors of Fortis

Hindustan Times  

Jaipur: Rajasthan’s Jaipur police on Saturday arrested two doctors for their alleged involvement in the illegal organ transplantation case, a day after the arrest of a male nurse of the hospital’s nephrology department, said the official familiar with the matter. “It was found that Pratap, a native of Baran district, used to keep the donors and receivers in a rented …

3 Raj hospitals under lens for 184 illegal organ transplants last year
10 months, 3 weeks ago

3 Raj hospitals under lens for 184 illegal organ transplants last year

Hindustan Times  

Three private hospitals in Jaipur conducted 184 organ transplant operations in 2023 on the basis of fake no-objection certificates, with at least half the cases involving Bangladeshi donors and receivers, the police’s ongoing investigations have revealed, according to ACP Gandhinagar Gopal Singh Dhaka. The Jaipur police on Thursday, meanwhile, also arrested two more people from West Bengal who are part …

Authorities bust interstate kidney transplant racket in Gurugram
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Authorities bust interstate kidney transplant racket in Gurugram

Hindustan Times  

The Gurugram police on Thursday claimed to have busted an illegal kidney transplant racket involving people from Bangladesh who were allegedly lured by through Alok Mittal, additional director general of police, Haryana, a joint raid by a team of the chief minister’s flying squad, district health department and the Gurugram police busted a gang that was allegedly involved in illegal …

Health Ministry’s Transplant Body Launches Probe Into Cash-for-Kidney Scam Against Apollo Hospitals
1 year, 3 months ago

Health Ministry’s Transplant Body Launches Probe Into Cash-for-Kidney Scam Against Apollo Hospitals

News 18  

The National Organ and Tissue Transplantation Organisation under the Health Ministry has launched an investigation into accusations of a cash-for-kidney scandal involving Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, News18 has learnt. The report published on December 3 alleged that “young villagers from Myanmar are flown to Apollo’s esteemed Delhi hospital, receiving compensation for donating their kidneys to affluent Burmese recipients”. Summary of the …

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 …

Delhi: Top surgeons under police scanner in international kidney racket
5 years, 9 months ago

Delhi: Top surgeons under police scanner in international kidney racket

India TV News  

Over a dozen leading private surgeons, including top urologists of Delhi are under the scanner of Uttar Pradesh Police in connection with a sensational international kidney transplant racket, spreading across Turkey and the Middle East countries. Talking to IANS, Senior Superintendent of Police Kanpur, Anant Deo said that the Fortis hospital has been served notice in cases relating to the …

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 …

Kidney scam: State report implicates 5 arrested doctors
8 years, 7 months ago

Kidney scam: State report implicates 5 arrested doctors

Hindustan Times  

The arrest of five doctors of Hiranandani hospital, Powai, on Tuesday was based on the findings of an investigative committee report by the state’s Directorate of Health Services, which was submitted to the police on August 1. The report states that three of the doctors were directly involved in the illegal kidney transplant racket, while the other two were negligent …

Hiranandani hospital kidney racket: CEO, four doctors sent to police custody
8 years, 7 months ago

Hiranandani hospital kidney racket: CEO, four doctors sent to police custody

Firstpost  

A court here today remanded L H Hiranandani Hospital CEO and four doctors, arrested in connection with an alleged kidney transplant racket, in police custody till 14 August. Mumbai: A court here onWednesday remanded L H Hiranandani Hospital CEO and four doctors, arrested in connection with an alleged kidney transplant racket, in police custody till 14 August. The racket was …

2002 kidney scam: Police officer, 5 govt doctors sentenced
11 years, 4 months ago

2002 kidney scam: Police officer, 5 govt doctors sentenced

India TV News  

Amritsar: A court here today gave eight years imprisonment to a former Haryana police officer and five year jail term to five doctors in connection with the 2002 kidney scam. Former police inspector Suresh Kumar was held guilty for receiving a kidney through illegal means. On November 2, Additional District and Sessions Judge G S Bakshi had held the policeman …

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