<p>Lucknow: Police in Uttar Pradesh’s Kanpur town allegedly busted an illegal <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/kidney-transplant">kidney transplant</a> racket arresting six people, including some doctors.</p><p>According to the police sources here, the racket, whose operations had spread out of the country, had allegedly been involved in more than 50 kidney transplants in the past two years.</p><p>Those arrested included a senior office bearer of the Indian Medical Association (Kanpur unit) and managers of three hospitals, sources said.</p><p>The racket was busted after an MBA student lodged a complaint with the police that he was lured into donating one of his kidneys for Rs six lakh by a Kanpur based broker. The recipient was a resident of Bihar.</p><p>The alleged kidney transplant took place on March 29 at a private hospital in <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/kanpur">Kanpur</a> town.</p>.Kerala organ trafficking case: Donors also sent to Tajikistan apart from Iran, finds NIA.<p>Sources said that some doctors from Noida and other places were also involved in this racket and that the police teams had been sent to nab them.</p><p>The police have registered a case against 15 accused persons under sections 18 (illegal removal of human organs), 19 and 20 of the Transplantation of Human Organs Act, 1994, as well as Sections 143 and 3(5) of the BNS.</p><p>A senior police official said that the racket used to purchase kidneys from needy people for Rs six to ten lakh and sold them for Rs 80 lakh to one crore.</p><p>Police said that the investigations were on to ascertain if more hospitals and doctors were involved in the racket.</p>
<p>Lucknow: Police in Uttar Pradesh’s Kanpur town allegedly busted an illegal <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/kidney-transplant">kidney transplant</a> racket arresting six people, including some doctors.</p><p>According to the police sources here, the racket, whose operations had spread out of the country, had allegedly been involved in more than 50 kidney transplants in the past two years.</p><p>Those arrested included a senior office bearer of the Indian Medical Association (Kanpur unit) and managers of three hospitals, sources said.</p><p>The racket was busted after an MBA student lodged a complaint with the police that he was lured into donating one of his kidneys for Rs six lakh by a Kanpur based broker. The recipient was a resident of Bihar.</p><p>The alleged kidney transplant took place on March 29 at a private hospital in <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/kanpur">Kanpur</a> town.</p>.Kerala organ trafficking case: Donors also sent to Tajikistan apart from Iran, finds NIA.<p>Sources said that some doctors from Noida and other places were also involved in this racket and that the police teams had been sent to nab them.</p><p>The police have registered a case against 15 accused persons under sections 18 (illegal removal of human organs), 19 and 20 of the Transplantation of Human Organs Act, 1994, as well as Sections 143 and 3(5) of the BNS.</p><p>A senior police official said that the racket used to purchase kidneys from needy people for Rs six to ten lakh and sold them for Rs 80 lakh to one crore.</p><p>Police said that the investigations were on to ascertain if more hospitals and doctors were involved in the racket.</p>