Donated Kidneys with the Approval of Director of Health
In January, it was reported that the Indian police had charged six Sri Lankan doctors for carrying out 60 kidney transplants. Followed by this, Health Ministry has ordered for an immediate investigation and report. On the basis of investigation eight Indian was arrested.
This was disclosed, when the case was taken up for hearing at the Colombo Magistrate’s Court this morning (04).
For allegedly abusing visa conditions and having connected to the ongoing racket involving kidney transplant operations in Sri Lanka, eight Indian nationals were arrested on March 4.
They were arrested by officers of the Colombo Crimes Division (CCD) at a guesthouse on Pennyquick Road in Wellawatta.
Police investigations revealed that six of the eight Indians arrested were found without their kidneys. Their kidneys said to be have removed in an alleged kidney transplant racket in Sri Lanka, the Colombo Crimes Division told the magistrates court today.Health Ministry had initiated an investigation on the conduct of the local doctors following complaints by Indian police.