In a purported trade of kidneys, the Telangana Criminal Investigation Department has initiated legal proceedings against an alleged syndicate accused of peddling human organs. The group is suspected of orchestrating this illicit enterprise by pinpointing individuals in need through the Telegram App, according to sources divulged on Friday.
The Telangana CID has formally filed charges under Sections 18 and 19 of the Human Organs Transplantation-1994 Act, prompted by a complaint lodged by a social advocate concerning promotions circulating on social media platforms. This legal action was initiated subsequent to the reception of a grievance filed by a social activist with the state Criminal Investigation Department.
In the formal grievance, the social advocate contended that unidentified individuals were shadowing people via a channel on the Telegram app. The activist further asserted that the syndicate conspired to discern individuals requiring kidney transplants and subsequently enlisted them on the Telegram app channel. The activist posited that the alleged group might be complicit in a surreptitious scheme involving the vending of kidneys for substantial monetary gains.
It remains unclear whether the law enforcement authorities have received any formal complaints from victims implicated in this matter.
The state has previously been exposed to numerous kidney-related schemes. These recent accusations emerge shortly after the Telangana Criminal Investigation Department declared the dismantling of a group facilitating kidney transactions with a UPI payment alternative. Comparable illicit operations have surfaced within the jurisdictions of Hyderabad and Rachakonda Commissionerates, as well as the CID.
The Telangana police force has identified groups engaged in trafficking kidneys to Sri Lanka for transplantation purposes. The CID, in the preceding year, submitted a legal dossier in connection to a kidney-related fraud that surfaced in 2016.