Kidney Racket Exposed in Uttar Pradesh After Payment Dispute Leads to Arrest of Doctors

Payment dispute leads to exposure of kidney racket

A major kidney racket operating in Uttar Pradesh came to light after a dispute over payment between a donor and members of the illegal network. The controversy began when the donor claimed he was paid less than the amount promised for selling his kidney.

Police investigation following the complaint led to the arrest of several individuals including five doctors and an ambulance driver. Authorities are continuing their search for other suspects believed to be involved in the racket.

Donor complaint triggers police investigation

The incident occurred in Kanpur where Ayush a student originally from Samastipur in Bihar had reportedly agreed to sell his kidney due to financial difficulties. Ayush was pursuing an MBA in Meerut when he was allegedly approached and trapped by individuals connected to the illegal organ trade.

He was promised Rs 10 lakh for donating his kidney. However after the transplant he received only Rs 9.5 lakh which led to an argument with the agents involved in the deal.

Angered by the short payment of Rs 50000 Ayush contacted the police and explained the situation. His complaint led investigators to question an ambulance driver named Shivam Agarwal who was suspected of recruiting financially distressed individuals for the illegal operation.

Illegal transplant linked to patient in urgent need

During the investigation police discovered that the kidney donated by Ayush had been transplanted into a patient named Parul Tomar from Muzaffarnagar who urgently required a transplant.

Authorities said the patient family had allegedly paid around Rs 60 lakh for the surgery. The large difference between the payment to the donor and the amount collected from the recipient exposed the scale of the illegal network.

Police raids uncover illegal medical operations

Based on the information gathered police and health department officials carried out joint raids on several hospitals in Kanpur including Ahuja Hospital Priya Hospital and Med Life Hospital located in the Kalyanpur area.

During the raids officials found that Med Life Hospital was operating without proper registration. Both the donor and the patient were located at the facility and rescued by the authorities.

Ayush condition was reported to be serious following the surgery and he was later shifted to a government hospital for further treatment.

Doctors arrested in illegal transplant case

Police arrested Ahuja Hospital owner Dr Surjit Singh Ahuja his wife Dr Preeti Ahuja along with Dr Rajesh Kumar Dr Ram Prakash and Dr Narendra Singh. Ambulance driver Shivam Agarwal was also taken into custody.

Meanwhile authorities are searching for the alleged mastermind of the racket Dr Afzal and members of the surgical team including Dr Rohit and Vaibhav Anurag who are currently absconding.

Network suspected to operate across multiple regions

Investigators believe the illegal kidney racket had connections beyond Kanpur with possible links in cities such as Delhi Mumbai and Kolkata as well as Nepal.

Police officials said preliminary findings suggest that the group may have carried out between forty and fifty illegal organ transplant operations including cases involving foreign nationals.

Legal action and hospital closures

Authorities have registered cases under the Human Organ Transplant Act and relevant sections of criminal law against the accused. Health department officials also sealed the unregistered Med Life Hospital during the operation.

Officials recovered cash worth about Rs 1.75 lakh and seized a large quantity of restricted life saving medicines from the premises.

The Chief Medical Officer confirmed that steps have been initiated to cancel the registrations of Ahuja Hospital and Priya Hospital as part of the ongoing investigation.