Organ transplant racket involving Bangladeshis busted, Delhi doctor, five others arrested
The Hindu
Delhi doctor arrested in organ transplant racket involving Bangladesh, NCR; arrests made over two weeks.
i At least six people, including a Delhi-based doctor, have been arrested in connection with an alleged organ transplant racket running across Bangladesh and the Delhi-NCR region, police officials said on July 9.
Acting on a tip-off, the Delhi Police Crime Branch had been working on the case for two months. A majority of the donors and recipients are from Bangladesh brought to India on the basis of the fake documents for the surgeries, officials said.
The woman doctor, now working as a kidney transplant surgeon in a well-known hospital in southeast Delhi, was allegedly involved in the surgeries of some people from Bangladesh between 2021 and 2023, the officials said.
She allegedly conducted the surgeries in a Noida-based private hospital where she was a visiting consultant.
Also arrested are an assistant of the doctor and four others, including three Bangladeshi nationals.
The arrests took place over the last two weeks.
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