As many as five people from Pandoli village in Anand district of Central Gujarat have filed a police case after they allegedly became victims of kidney selling racket.
Taking into account the seriousness of the complaint, Gujarat police has decided to form a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe into the issue. According to the complainants their kidneys were surgically removed at different times since 2001 without their knowledge after making them unconscious.
After receiving information about big racket of kidney selling, Anand DSP Ashok Yadav instantly sent a team to the village to record statements of the complainants and their relatives. According to Yadav, an FIR has been lodged post their statements and police would probe thoroughly to burst possible racket of kidney selling. Meanwhile, the five victims have been sent for medical check-up by the police to cross examine their claim that their kidneys had been illegally removed and sold by a gang in the past.
The police confirmed cut marks on their stomach indicating some sort of surgery. The complainants have named a person called Rafiq and his accomplices who offered them money for the purpose. The accused took them to Delhi where their kidneys were removed after making them unconscious without their knowledge. They claimed that they remained silent for one and half decades fearing some legal action would be taken against them.