Kidney racket: Cops seek govt sanction to charge accused under stringent act
New Delhi: The Delhi Police has written to the city government seeking its sanction to slap charges under a stringent anti-organ trade law on the five members of a kidney racket arrested last month.
The letter had been sent to the secretary (health) in the Delhi government a couple of days ago, said a senior police officer.
Police have also requested the government for expert help to study technical details of the case.
Sources said that police had seized some documents from Batra Hospital, and that they had requested the government to set up a panel of doctors to study nuances of the matter.
In the letter, the police have sought sanction from the government to prosecute the accused under the Transplantation of Human Organs Act, 1994, he added.
Section 22 of the act states, "No court shall take cognisance of an offence under this Act except on a complaint made by the Appropriate Authority concerned, or any officer authorised in this behalf by the Central Government or the State Government."
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