A day after the Orissa High Court took suo motu cognisance of illegal organ sale racket in the State, the State Women Commission (SWC) on Thursday visited the poor Cuttack woman, who was allegedly cajoled by some middlemen to sell one of her kidneys to an unrelated person.
A member of the Commission visited the house of the woman Padmini Nayak at Nayak Sahi of Mangalabag and quizzed her for about an hour. later the SWC member also went to the Mangalabag police station to find out the progress so far made in the investigation of the case. Padmini reportedly told the Commission that she was coaxed by certain middlemen to sell one of her kidneys in exchange of Rs 3.5 lakh and she has received only Rs 50,000 of the deal amount. She also admitted that the person who received her kidney was not her relative and she or husband did not procure the requisite documents like residence and income certificates that were submitted to the medical board.