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Delhi Police Crime Branch arrested seven people including a doctor in connection with an organ transplant racket exposed by Delhi Police Crime Branch. The people involved in this racket had links in Bangladesh. They used to charge Rs 25-30 lakhs for each transplant. The racket which has been running since 2019 had the donor and the receiver, both from Bangladesh, Delhi Police said.

As per the police, Dr Vijaya Kumari, now under suspension, was the lone doctor working with the gang and had performed nearly 15-16 transplants between 2021-2023 at the Noida-based private Yatharth Hospital.

According to records, patients from Bangladesh were lured by a network of middlemen, Kumari, and their associates for organ transplantation in major hospitals in the NCR region.

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Fake documents were allegedly prepared in the name of Bangladesh High Commission in New Delhi, to establish a relationship between the donor and recipient (both Bangladeshi). These forged documents have also been seized, as per sources quoted by the Indian Express.

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Rasel (29) along with associates Mohammed Sumon Miyan, Ifti, all based in Bangladesh, and Tripura-based Ratish Pal, lured potential donors from their country to Delhi. They would donate their kidneys for Rs 4-5 lakh and recipients were charged to the tune of Rs 25-30 lakh, a source said. Except for Ifti, all other accused have been arrested.

“We received information after a kidney racket was busted in Rajasthan and police started working around three months ago. All the accused are first-timers, and they are giving Rs 2-3 lakh to the doctor for every transplant,” the source said, as quoted by the Indian Express.

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