Ernakulam : In a major turn of events in connection with the Iran-based organ trade case, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has taken over the investigation to probe into the human trafficking angle after the international links emerged recently. The NIA has filed a report after obtaining a notification from the Ministry of Home Affairs.
The report that reportedly consists of the details of the network chain and those involved has been submitted in the NIA court in Kochi. The NIA has approached the NIA court seeking the transfer of files from the Kerala police.
Recently the donors who fell prey to the recently busted global organ trafficking racket had confessed with the investigation team that they were not paid the promised compensation despite the recipients paying the amounts demanded by the racket
“Many of the donors were not paid the promised amount by the agents. The donors were promised up to 6 lakhs per organ, but we have informations that the racket agents and the kingpin had charged the recipients up to Rs 50 lakh in some cases. This shows that they had amassed large amount of money through the illegal business”, said one of the member of the Special Investigation Team probing the matter.
Meanwhile, the kingpin in the case Madhu Jayakumar remains at large, according to the police. The investigation team believes that Madhu is still in Iran and has not left the country. The investigators have found a broad criminal conspiracy behind the organ trafficking. Charges of criminal conspiracy have been invoked against the accused.
The entire racket was unravelled following the arrest of Valappad resident Sabith Nasar from Kochi airport on May 19. Sabith had initially confessed to facilitating the travel of 20 Indians to Iran for organ harvesting. A detailed questioning of Sabith led to Sajith’s implication in the case. Sajith admitted to acting as an interlink between Madhu and the organ donors. The police found evidence of large financial transactions, illegally collected from the recipients, and frequent phone calls between Sajith and Madhu. Most of the donors in the case are from Kerala and the rest from Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu.
Police say that the kidney racket agents have
The report that reportedly consists of the details of the network chain and those involved has been submitted in the NIA court in Kochi. The NIA has approached the NIA court seeking the transfer of files from the Kerala police.
Recently the donors who fell prey to the recently busted global organ trafficking racket had confessed with the investigation team that they were not paid the promised compensation despite the recipients paying the amounts demanded by the racket Kerala States News India: Top News India, States News, States News Headlines, Online State News India, State Politics news
