A kidney racket has been unearthed by the police in Gurgaon. A house in a posh locality had been converted into a hospital and a flourishing trade in sale of kidneys was running there. There were at least three doctors involved and the ‘donors’ used to be brought here by agents who worked in different cities in UP. The victims would be enticed with attractive offers and once the operation was done, they would be sent back with some monetary benefits while the kidneys would be sold to foreigners for huge sums of money. At a rough estimate, this setup had performed at least 500 such transactions..... While this might have shocked many, it is not new to this part of the world. A search on Google of ‘kidney rackets in India’ elicited plenty of information, some of which I am indicating here with links were the complete story can be had....
Illegal human organ trade thrives in Asia
Illegal human organ trade has risen considerably in Asia during the past decades. People from developed nations turn towards Asia because a large population here lives under the poverty line and people easily donate their organs for a small amount.
http://www.merinews.com/catFull.jsp?articleID=125016
A kidney racket in West Bengal Volume 20 - Issue 15, July 19 - August 01, 2003
DESPITE a strict vigil by the government, an illegal trade in kidney exists in West Bengal. In a recent incident, the State police, with the help of an alert citizen, arrested an operative of the gang involved in the illegal trade of human organs at Sheoraphuli town in Hooghly district, 45 km from Kolkata. Preliminary investigations led to the alleged mastermind of the racket, Laltu Roy of Kolkata, who had links in Chennai. The racketeers lured, through newspaper advertisements, impoverished, desperate people into "donating" their kidneys for Rs.60,000 or even less. The going rate for a donor kidney is currently between Rs.1 lakh and Rs.1.5 lakhs.
http://www.frontline.in/fl2015/stories/20030801005403900.htm
Kidney racket busted in Gujarat 20th January 2007
According to police, the accused, Vinod Patel of Nadiad and his accomplice, Girish Soni, had been enticing gullible persons into donating their kidneys for huge amount of money, since 2002….. The city police's crime branch arrested the two on Thursday after being tipped off by one of the victims, Suresh Patel of Ahmedabad.
http://www.expressnewsline.com/2005/06/story2005-insight-Kidney+racket-s...
Tamil Nadu kidney racket may be catering to foreigners Tuesday, January 23, 2007
CHENNAI: The investigation into the kidney rackets in Tamil Nadu, which has of late been targeting tsunami victims of Chennai (DNA, Jan 15), has stumbled upon another probability of a large number of ‘donated’ kidneys being illegally transplanted in foreigners.
http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?NewsID=1076020
Kingpin in kidney racket arrested 3rd September 2007
BANGALORE: Finally, kidney racket kingpin Nagaraj alias Hotte Nagaraj (45) is in the police net. The Central Crime Branch (CCB) police on Saturday arrested Nagaraj, who was behind a kidney transplantation racket that was busted by the Nelamangala police on August 13.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Bangalore/Kingpin_in_kidney_ra...
Kidney racket: Punjab med college head sacked Friday, September 21, 2007
CHANDIGARH: The principal of Government Medical College, Amritsar, was suspended on Wednesday for allegedly removing the kidney of a child during a prostrate surgery in the institution's hospital.
http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?newsid=1122619
International kidney racket busted, Chennai doc held Thursday, October 11, 2007
Mumbai/ Chennai, Oct 10: With the arrest of a Chennai-based nephrologist, the Mumbai Police claimed to have unearthed a kidney transplant racket that lured poor people from across India and at least three other countries to donate their kidneys on the promise of large sums of money.
http://www.indianexpress.com/story/227050.html
These snippets cover different parts of the country and are of different dates – West Bengal August-2003, Gujarat 20/1/2007, Tamil Nadu 23/1/2007, Bangalore 3/9/2007, Chandigarh 21/9/2007 and Chennai 11/10/2007. Obviously, this racket is quite old and lucrative enough for those who are involved in running the show. The administration cannot pretend ignorance; it should step in to contain this menace with a firm hand.
http://o3.indiatimes.com/rediscoveringindia/archive/2008/01/27/4871224.aspx