Delhi: Kidney Racket Mastermind, three donors held
The alleged mastermind and three kidney donors, including two women, in the organ trafficking racket at Indraprastha Apollo hospital here have been arrested,Delhi Police said.
T. Rajkumar was arrested from Kolkata along with three donors -- two women from Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur and a man from West Bengal's Siliguri.
"We arrested the mastermind of the kidney racket T. Rajkumar alias Raju from Kolkata and three kidney donors, who include two women," Deputy Commissioner of Police Mandeep Singh Randhawa told IANS.
He, however, did not elaborate on Rajkumar's 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.
A case was then registered at Sarita Vihar police station here.
Police had said Shailesh Saxena, 31, and Aditya Singh, 24, who work as personal secretaries to two Apollo hospital doctors, were held for organising the kidney trade.
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