Inter-State Illegal Kidney Transplant Racket Busted, Kingpin Among 15 Arrested – News18

In a significant crackdown by the Inter-State Cell, Crime Branch, Chanakya Puri, a sprawling inter-state illegal kidney transplant racket has been unearthed, with nodes across Delhi-NCR, Punjab, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, and Gujarat. The operation resulted in the arrest of 15 individuals, including the alleged kingpin, and various accomplices involved in orchestrating illicit kidney transplants.

The syndicate’s modus operandi was meticulously planned: key members, including kingpin Sandeep Arya and his associates, strategically infiltrated hospitals as transplant coordinators, exploiting their positions to identify vulnerable patients across multiple states. Using forged documents and exploiting financial desperation, they coerced donors into undergoing illegal kidney transplants, often under the guise of familial relationships.

The investigation, triggered by a victim’s complaint of financial deception, swiftly evolved into multiple raids across different locations. Authorities seized incriminating evidence, including counterfeit stamps, forged patient files, and electronic devices containing damning records of the syndicate’s operations.

Arya reportedly pocketed substantial sums from each transplant, manipulating both patients and donors alike. His network extended across several hospitals, evading scrutiny by falsifying documents and manipulating transplant authorisation processes.

Recently, the Delhi Police Crime Branch had unearthed a similar international racket where both donors (belonging to marginal backgrounds) and receivers would travel to Noida through fake and forged documents for the transplant. In that case, the inter-state cell had arrested a 50-year-old female doctor who used to carry out the procedures.