Buying selling kidney case: 5 people arrested on charges of buying kidneys, Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has arrested 5 people in the capital for illegally buying kidneys through social media. The arrested are – Md. Shahidul Islam Mithu (49), Mizanur Rahman (44), Md. Al Mamun alias Mehdi (27), Md. Simon (28) and Russell Hossain (24).
In a press conference organized at Karwan Bazar RAB Media Center in the capital on Wednesday afternoon, RAB-1 Commanding Officer (Commander) Lt. Col. Abdullah Al Momen said that the intelligence wing of the RAB headquarters and the RAB to arrest the members of the kidney buying and selling syndicate in Bhatara, Banshri and Mirpur areas of the capital. Members of -1 conduct joint operations. The operation started on Tuesday around 8 pm. It will continue until 5 am today, Wednesday.
5 people were arrested for buying selling kidney case in the capital
At the time of arrest, affidavit copies of agreements with various victims, a total of 14 passports including the victims’ passports, various documents of kidney cross-matching, domestic and foreign currencies, national identity cards and photocopies of various persons, check books and ATM cards of various banks, seals of various government and private departments. , blank stamps, CPUs, mobiles and SIM cards are seized.
Abdullah Al Momen said, during the initial interrogation, the arrested persons told RAB that the number of members of this gang who bought kidney cages is 15-20 people. They were mainly divided into 3 groups and were conducting this illegal activity of buying and selling kidneys.
The members of this gang are known to have trafficked around hundred people to the neighboring countries in coordination with the kidney buying and selling members located in the neighboring countries. The 1st group of this Sanghavadva Chakra is based in Dhaka and communicates with affluent patients who need kidney transplantation through social media.
The 2nd team of the syndicate identifies the poor and needy people from the remote areas of the country according to the needs of the 1st team and take advantage of their economic weakness to lure them to Dhaka to become donors for kidney transplantation in exchange for money.
Later 3rd another group conducted blood matching and other tests with kidney transplant patients at different diagnostic centers in Dhaka who were victims of temptation. If blood matching and other diagnostic tests confirm suitability for kidney transplantation, the recipient prepares to send the donor to the neighboring country by preparing his/her passport, visa processing and false documents.
Another gang located in the neighboring country in mutual agreement with this gang, starting from receiving the victim kidney donor at the foreign airport or land port, after completing all the activities including hospital documentation, weapons smuggling, sends the victims back to the country through legal or illegal means by air or through the border area of North Eastern region.
The arrested initially admitted that they had made huge amounts of money illegally through this cycle. For each kidney transplant they used to charge Tk 20 to 25 lakh per patient. On the contrary, they assured the kidney donor that only Tk 4 to 4.5 lakh would be paid and used to pay Tk 2 lakh in advance. After kidney transplantation, kidney donors were threatened with various threats without paying the promised money.
So far, the members of this circle have initially admitted that they have bought and sold more than half a hundred kidneys. The RAB official said that three cases have been filed against the arrested persons under various laws including the crime of buying and selling human body parts at DMP Bhatara police station. The accused have been handed over to Bhatara police station.
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