Lok Sabha Question No. 2585 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-08-02
Subject: Kidney Rackets
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: SUSHIL KUMAR SINGH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.†2585 TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 2 ND  AUGUST, 2016/SHRAVANA 11, 1938 (SAKA)

KIDNEY RACKETS

†2585. SHRI SUSHIL KUMAR SINGH:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a) whether several doctors, kidney donors and other persons have been arrested by a Special Investigation Team (SIT) in the kidney racket case in the country;

(b) if so, the details thereof and total number of such cases reported and the action taken against guilty persons during each of the last three years and the current year, State-wise; and

(c) the effective steps taken by the Government to check such cases in the country?

ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI HANSRAJ GANGARAM AHIR)

(a) to (b): National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) has started collecting data on cases reported under the Transplantation of Human Organs Act, 1994  since  2014.  State/UT  wise  cases  reported,  cases  chargesheeted, cases convicted, persons arrested, persons chargesheeted and persons convicted  under  the Transplantation  of Human Organs Act, 1994 during ....2/

## L.S.US.Q.NO.2585 FOR 02.08.2016

2014 is enclosed at Annexure-I.  Recently one case vide FIR No. 268/16 dated 02.06.16 u/s 120 B/419/420/468/471 IPC & 18/19/20 Transplantation of  Human  Organs  Act,  P.S.  Sarita  Vihar  has  been  registered  by  Delhi Police.   The details of the case may be seen at Annexure-II.

(c): 'Public Health',  'Police' and 'Public Order' are State subjects under the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution of India and therefore, the State Governments are primarily responsible for prevention, detection, registration and investigation of crime and for prosecuting the criminals through  the  machinery  of  their  law  enforcement  agencies  as  also  for protecting  the  life  and  property  of  the  citizens.  The  Ministry  of  Home Affairs has issued an Advisory on Prevention, Registration, Investigation and Prosecution of Crime to all the State Governments/UT Administrations.

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State/UT wise cases registered (CR),  cases charge sheeted (CS), cases convicted (CV), persons arrested (PAR), persons charge sheeted (PCS) and persons convicted (PCV) under the Transplantation of Human Organs Act, 1994 during 2014

|    |                   | 2014   | 2014   | 2014   | 2014   | 2014   | 2014   |
|----|-------------------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
| SL | State/UT          | CR     | CS     | CV     | PAR    | PCS    | PCV    |
| 1  | Andhra Pradesh    | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 2  | Arunachal Pradesh | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 3  | Assam             | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 4  | Bihar             | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 5  | Chhattisgarh      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 6  | Goa               | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 7  | Gujarat           | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 8  | Haryana           | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 9  | Himachal Pradesh  | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 10 | Jammu & Kashmir   | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 11 | Jharkhand         | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 12 | Karnataka         | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 13 | Kerala            | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 14 | Madhya Pradesh    | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 15 | Maharashtra       | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 16 | Manipur           | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 17 | Meghalaya         | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 18 | Mizoram           | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 19 | Nagaland          | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 20 | Odisha            | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 21 | Punjab            | 0      | 1      | 0      | 0      | 1      | 0      |
| 22 | Rajasthan         | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 23 | Sikkim            | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 24 | Tamil Nadu        | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 25 | Telangana         | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 26 | Tripura           | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 27 | Uttar Pradesh     | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 28 | Uttarakhand       | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 29 | West Bengal       | 1      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
|    | TOTAL STATE(S)    | 1      | 1      | 0      | 0      | 1      | 0      |
| 30 | A & N Islands     | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 31 | Chandigarh        | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 32 | D&N Haveli        | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 33 | Daman & Diu       | 0      | 0      | 0      |        | 0      | 0      |
| 34 | Delhi UT          | 1      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 35 | Lakshadweep       | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 36 | Puducherry        | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
|    | TOTAL UT(S)       | 1      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
|    | TOTAL (ALL INDIA) | 2      | 1      | 0      | 0      | 1      | 0      |

Source: Crime in India

Disposal of cases/persons by police/courts may includes cases/persons of previous years also.

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## Details of the case for illegal trade in kidney

| FIR No., date & u/s                                                                                 | Name of hospitals                                                   | Brief facts of the Case                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 268/16 dated 02.06.16 u/s 120B/419/42 0/468/471 IPC & 18/19/20 Transplantati on of human Organs Act | Inderparstha Apollo Hospital, Mathura Road, Sarita Vihar, New Delhi | On receipt of a secret information about kidney transplant racket in Apollo Hospital, an enquiry was conducted which revealed that some persons are indulging in kidney transplant racket. They prepared forged ID proof and other documents and got transplanted the kidneys of five persons illegally in Apollo Hospital in a well planned manner. A case was registered in this regard. During the course of investigation, 13 accused persons including donors & recipients have been arrested in the case. |

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