The crime branch of Delhi Police has busted a racket that involved illegal sale and purchase of kidneys. The gang cheated gullible people and induced helpless families to pay them huge sums of money. In return, the culprits promised necessary documentations and formalities for the smooth transplant operation to the victims. The racket was being run in the several states. Four persons, including one Jayant Sahoo, who appeared to be one of the key persons operating the racket, have been arrested so far.

A 23-year-old boy named Jaideep Sharma, resident of Dhadiya Ramapura in Rajasthan, received a call from a person named Imtiaz, who later introduced him to Jayant Sahoo. Sahoo, who was using a fake name of Rahul Sahoo, asked Jaideep to sell his kidney. Jaideep was promised Rs 4 lakh in return. Thereafter, on 13 April 2017, Jaideep came to the crime branch office, along with a press reporter to expose the racket.

A sting operation recorded audio and video of the culprits for over a month. More than 200 hours of recording was carried out by the crime branch team along with the channel. During the several meetings held, it was revealed that Jayant Sahoo had arranged for a new identity to Jaideep to fulfill the requirement and guidelines of the hospital as per the rule. Moreover, he forged documents in the name of one Mr. Polepeddy Snayna Podma Phani Kumar with Jaideep's photograph.

During the sting operation, it was revealed that a transaction of Rs 30 lakh took placed between the relatives of the patient and the agent Jayant Sahoo to arrange for a kidney donor. A lady named Surekha Pandya of Cuttack was also found involved in the racket. She provided logistics to the patient and the kidney donor. Pandya has also been arrested. The requisite medical tests were conducted at Batra Hospital on the basis of forged documents. Fake documents such as Aadhaar card, election identity card, passbook of State Bank of India were prepared for the operation.

The mandatory provisions under the Transplantation of Human Organs Act, 1994, like an interview was held before an internal committee of doctors who approved his case after asking relevant questions. Some of the replies were deliberately manufactured. The date of the transplantation of kidney was fixed for May 25 at Batra Hospital. But after collecting relevant evidence, a case vide FIR No. 77/17 U/s 18/19 & 20 of Transplantation of Human Organ Act 1994 and criminal case was registered after Jaideep complained. During the course of investigation, several raids were conducted including at Batra Hospital and several relevant documents have been seized.

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