Punjab Police bust kidney transplant racket at Mohali hospital, two held

Mohali (Punjab), April 4: Punjab Police busted a kidney racket at a private hospital in Mohali, a police official said on Tuesday. At least two persons have been arrested in connection to the matter.

The police have opened a criminal conspiracy investigation and have revoked the hospital's licence, which allowed it to conduct kidney transplants on patients.

"In March secret information was received in which it is known that a kidney racket is being run in a private hospital (Indus International Hospital, Mohali) in Derabassi. On that information, we registered FIR 83/23 under a criminal conspiracy. Two things came to the fore in this, first, tampering with the documents, in which a fake donor is being presented as a close relative and secondly, documents are being tampered with in the DNA sample. An FIR has been registered," ASP Dr Darpan Kaur stated.

The arrested accused have been indentified as Raj Narayan and Abhishek. They were arrested on March 19 and both of them are in judicial custody.

"The kidney recipient used to pay Rs 16 to 25 lakh including the hospital expenses, out of which a part was given to those people who were involved in this whole matter. Rs 5 lakh were given to the donor," the police said.

According to the official, the hospital has performed over 30 kidney transplants since receiving its licence in 2021.

"Since getting the license for a kidney transplant in 2021, the hospital has done 33 kidney transplants so far. The kidney transplant license of the hospital has been cancelled. Inquiries are going on with the people related to this," she added.

She further stated that an SIT of three members has been formed in this case, consisting of SP Rural, ASP Derabassi, and SHO Derabassi.

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