Cops Hunt For Kidney Racket Middleman In Hyderabad 

New Delhi: The Delhi Police team is carrying out raids in Hyderabad to trace out a middleman who used to scout for families looking for kidney donors. The middleman identified as Venky, works at a pharmacy in the city and would find out about patients looking for kidney donors and would guide them to his accomplices in Delhi.

The crime branch arrested four persons from Delhi for their involvement in the illegal sale and purchase of kidneys. The accused are - Jayant Sahoo, Sulekha Panda, Anoj Patra and Birju Paswan. It has been found that they have their own 'persons' working at chemist shops in hospitals and diagnostic centers in Delhi and some other cities to run this network.

The middleman identified as Venky, works at a pharmacy in the city and would find out about patients looking for kidney donors and would guide them to his accomplices in Delhi

The inter-state racket was busted last week after an MBA student contacted the Crime Branch officials in April.

Explaining about their modus operandi, a senior police official said, they would target those patients who purchased medicines for kidney ailments.

After finding out that they were looking for donors, they would put them in touch with the middlemen who would gauge their financial capacity and then make them meet potential donors.