New Delhi: On Tuesday, the suspected mastermind and three kidney donors, including two women, in the organ trafficking racket at Indraprastha Apollo hospital in New Delhi have been detained, Delhi Police said.
Deputy Commissioner of Police Mandeep Singh Randhawa told media, "We arrested the mastermind of the kidney racket T. Rajkumar alias Raju from Kolkata and three kidney donors, who include two women,"
Although, Rajkumar's role didn’t detailed the role in the racket Police busted the kidney racket on June 2 with the arrest of two Indraprastha Apollo hospital employees and three touts on the charge of persuading economically-needy people to sell their kidneys.
As per police report, 31 years old Shailesh Sexena and 24 year old Aditya Singh was personal secretaries of Apolo Hospital doctors and detained for organizing the Kidney business.
The three detained hyped were known as Aseem Sikdar, 37, Satya Prakash, 30, and Devashish Moulik, 30. Police stated, "They also prepared forged papers including the identity proofs to establish the relationship between the donors and the recipients."
The recipients were charged large sums while the donors were fobbed off with paltry amounts. People falling prey to the gang come from various parts of the country like West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi and Tamil Nadu.