On Thursday, 29th August the Delhi Police filed a 7000-page chargesheet in the case of organ transplantation racket with links to Bangladesh. The racket in question was busted by the Police in July this year. Notably, the Police have named three Bangladeshi individuals in the charge sheet identified as Rasel, Muhammad Sumon Miyan, and Mohammad Rokon alias Rahul Sarkar alias Bijay Mondal.
As per the reports, in July, the Delhi Police Crime Branch imprisoned seven people in connection with the case, including a 50-year-old lady doctor from Delhi and three Bangladeshi citizens. The police further have named ten people as accused in the 7,112-page charge sheet submitted last week in a local court.
According to authorities, Ijaya Rajakumari, a female doctor working as a kidney transplant surgeon at the Indraprastha Apollo Hospital in southeast Delhi, was involved in the transplant of about 15 persons from Bangladesh between 2021 and 2023.
According to the charge sheet document, Rajakumari allegedly performed these surgeries at Yathartha Hospital in Noida while working as a visiting consultant. One of the detainees also includes an assistant to doctor Vikram Singh.
During their inquiry, police discovered 23 stamps, falsified papers for patients and kidney donors, and forged Aadhaar cards in the accused’s hands. An accused named Rasel, who arrived in India in 2019 and gave his kidney to a Bangladeshi patient, is the network’s central figure.
Rasel began to create his network following his surgery. According to the prosecuting officer, he would communicate with other stakeholders and contact prospective kidney donors from Bangladesh as well as patients here. Rasel, from the Kushtia district in Bangladesh, along with his accomplices Mohammed Sumon Miyan and Ifti, both from Bangladesh and Tripura-based Ratish Pal, enticed prospective donors from their home countries to Delhi. These donors would donate their kidneys for Rs 4-5 lakh, with recipients paying Rs 25-30 lakh.
According to the officer, one of his accomplices, Ifti, who is from Bangladesh, used to get the donors.
Doctor Vijaya Kumari who stands suspended since the police busted the racket, was arrested by the Police on 9th July. During the arrest, the Delhi Police had stated that the mastermind of this racket was a Bangladeshi. “The mastermind of this racket was a Bangladeshi. Both the donor and the recipient were from Bangladesh. We have arrested a person named Rasel, who used to arrange patients and donors. The female doctor involved in the transplants has also been arrested,” Amit Goel, DCP Crime Branch was quoted as saying on 9th July.
Further investigation is underway.
