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| Police in India break ring that sold hundreds of kidneys |
| 2008-01-29 |
| Police in India raided hospitals and guest houses yesterday as part of an investigation into the illegal removal of kidneys from up to 500 poor labourers which were then sold to wealthy clients. Police suspect that dozens of doctors were involved in the racket, which had a waiting list of 40 people from at least five countries. The scheme, centred on Gurgaon, a wealthy suburb of New Delhi, used luxury cars fitted with blood-testing machines to test donors, as well as surgical equipment hidden inside a residential neighbourhood. The investigation is continuing and police are raiding hospitals' offices and guest houses, Gurgaon's police commissioner, Mohinder Lal, told reporters in Gurgaon. The main suspects, who police said have been tied to organ transplant rackets in the past, have apparently fled the country, Lal said. "We suspect around 400 or 500 kidney transplants were done by these doctors over the last nine years," Lal said last week. |
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