Delhi Police Traces 5 Donors In Kidney Racket at Apollo Hospital

A case has been registered at the Sarita Vihar police station.

Apollo Hospital, New Delhi. (Photo Courtesy: practo.com)

• Delhi Police have traced at least three recipients and five donors in connection with an international kidney racket linked to Apollo Hospitals in New Delhi. Investigators are seeking legal opinion regarding slapping charges on them.

• Till Saturday afternoon, three of the recipients were traced in Kolhapur, Jammu and Kashmir and Ghaziabad. Prima facie the recipients shelled out over Rs 40 lakh for each transplant, of which not even 10 percent reached the donor.

• On Friday, police claimed to have busted a kidney trade racket operating in Apollo Hospital, following the arrest of six people, including two women.
  

• The accused arrested so far in the case include Aditya Singh and Shailesh Saxena, who worked as personal secretaries of Apollo Hospital doctors, and three touts identified who used to lure financially poor people from parts of the country for donating kidneys.

(With inputs from PTI)