After an alleged kidney transplant, one among the accused in connection with the racket, refused to pay the victim the promised money which led to a clash.
Hyderabad: Cybercrime sleuths of Rachakonda in Telangana have arrested three people for allegedly running an international kidney transplant racket. The accused have been identified as Amrish Prathap, who is reportedly the kingpin of the gang, Sandeep Kumar and Rinkey.
After producing them in a Delhi court, the police brought them to Hyderabad on a transit remand on Monday (April 1). Mahesh Bhagwat, Commissioner of Police, Rachakonda, said, “On February 5, Commissioner of Police, Rachakonda had received a complaint from a victim who had been shifted to Turkey for a kidney transplant.”
He stated that in July last year, he saw a post on Facebook with the caption ‘Kidney needed in India’ posted using the profile name ‘Rohan Malik’. On seeing the post, he contacted Rohan Malik through his WhatsApp number, who told the victim that they would pay him a huge sum of money if he sells his kidney.”
Bhagwat added, “To meet his financial problems, the victim accepted the offer of Rohan Malik who promised to pay him Rs 20 lakh. Considering the offer, on July 20, 2018, the victim went to Delhi, where he was received by Malik, who accommodated him at a hotel in Noida. He stayed there for seven days and attended all the required medical examinations. On August 11, 2018, Malik informed the victim about his travel to Turkey for surgery and removal of the complainant’s kidney.
On August 13, 2018, they took him to Hotel Lemon Tree where the complainant met Dr Rithika Singh of Delhi who introduced him to the patient ‘Gagan Agarwal’ and his family members.”
Before travelling to Turkey, Malik and Rithika Singh prepared forged documents and purported them to be genuine and legal to conduct surgery at a hospital in Turkey, police said.
“On August 27, 2018, the kidney transplantation surgery was conducted at a hospital. After the surgery, one of the gang members there refused to pay him the promised money, which led to a clash,” Bhagwat said.
After being threatened by them, the victim pleaded with them, collected his passport and returned to India, the officer said.
“Based on the complaint a case under Section 120 (B), 417, 420, 468, 471, 370, 506 of the Indian Penal Code, and Section 18, 19, 20, 21 of the Transplantation of Human Organs Act 1994 was registered and the police formed a special team to nab the accused.
On March 28, Amrish Prathap was arrested from Delhi airport after he landed from Singapore. Based on the information given by him, two others were also arrested in Delhi, and all three were produced in the local court,” Bhagwat added.
Police have reportedly seized a laptop, seven mobile phones, one stamping machine, one laser printer-cum-scanner, three debit cards and three credit cards from the accused.
(With Inputs from ANI)
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