One arrested for alleged involvement in kidney racket

Kolkata: The city police have arrested a youth for his alleged involvement in a kidney racket.

The accused Suman Sinha, alias Samir, was aimlessly loitering around at a private hospital in Mukundapur area on Tuesday night when he was caught by the police from Purva Jadavpur police station.

The accused was later arrested after prolonged interrogation. Police have gathered important information from the accused related to the case.

During interrogation, police came to know that the accused had received money from various patients with an assurance that he would arrange kidneys for them.

The accused said he collected money from Md Ismail, Sanjit Roy and Sarmistha Ghosh and had asked them to wait for a few days. All of them were suffering from kidney related ailments and required transplants.

According to preliminary investigation, police came to know that the accused, a resident of Khardah in North 24-Parganas has been involved in this business for the past few years. Police are not ruling out the possibility of the accused being involved in an interstate kidney racket.

After interrogating the accused, police came to know about another person, Kaustav Dasgupta who may also be involved in the incident. The accused has been booked under section 503, 406, 419, 420 and 120 B of the IPC.

Police are also investigating why the accused visited the private hospital where he was found. They are conducting a probe to know if anybody from the private hospital is involved in the incident. Senior officials of the hospital may be interrogated by the police in this connection. It may be mentioned that there was an allegation that a kidney racket had been operating from a private hospital in the city. In November last year, the city police also arrested four persons for their alleged involvement in a kidney racket operated from a private hospital in the city.