Two employees of city-based Apollo Hospital have been arrested along with three touts on charges of tempting needy people to donate their kidneys in exchange of money, police said yesterday.
Shailesh Saxena, 31, Aditya Singh, 24, both Apollo Hospital employees, were arrested along with the touts Aseem Sikdar, 37, Satya Prakash, 30, and Devashish Moulik, 30, deputy commissioner of police Mandeep Singh Randhawa said.
“Saxena has been working as personal secretary to a doctor at Apollo Hospital for three years while Singh was working as a secretary to another doctor of the hospital for four years,” Randhawa said.
The Delhi Police on Monday got the information about the illegal trade of human organs at Apollo Hospital but conducted raids only after getting a tip off about two such victims being taken to Delhi for their kidney donation.
“The members of the gang attempted needy people from various parts of the country to donate their kidney in exchange of money. They also prepared forged papers including the identity proofs to establish the relationship between the donors and the recipients,” Randhawa said.
The officer said that Apollo Hospital staff was also involved in this racket.
“The recipients were charged exorbitantly whereas only a small amount was paid to the donors. People falling prey come from various parts of the country like West Bengal, Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh, Delhi and Chennai in Tamil Nadu,” the officer said.