Kanpur | Police have filed a charge sheet in the high-profile illegal kidney transplant racket case in Kanpur, exposing an alleged organized organ trafficking network operating on an international scale. In the nearly 1,000-page charge sheet, investigators have included strong documentary and digital evidence, such as chat records between accused persons, call detail records (CDRs), hotel CCTV footage, and statements of 36 witnesses, including kidney donors and recipients.
According to the investigation, the mastermind of the racket has been identified as Rohit alias Rahul Tiwari, a 12th pass resident of Lucknow. Police have named 14 accused in the charge sheet, including a doctor couple linked to Ahuja Hospital. Considering the scale and structure of the operation, provisions related to organized crime have also been invoked.
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The case originally came to light due to a dispute involving just ₹50,000. Investigators said that a kidney donor named Ayush had agreed to donate a kidney for ₹10 lakh to a woman named Parul. However, he was paid only ₹9.50 lakh. When he demanded the remaining ₹50,000, he was allegedly ignored, which led him to approach the police and ultimately exposed the entire racket.
Police stated that the most crucial witness in the case is donor Ayush himself. He was found at Ahuja Hospital after the transplant had already been carried out. His medical records are in police custody, making his statement highly significant. He has been designated as a key witness in the case.
The racket was exposed after a raid on March 29 at Ahuja Hospital located in the Maswanpur Chauraha area of Kanpur. The investigation revealed that the kidney transplant involved a donor from Begusarai and a recipient, Parul Tomar, from Muzaffarnagar. An FIR was registered on March 31 naming hospital owners, doctors, ambulance operators, and middlemen involved in the network.
Those named in the charge sheet include Dr. Surjeet Ahuja, Dr. Preeti Ahuja, Shivam Aggarwal, Dr. Rajesh Kumar, Ram Prakash Kushwaha, Narendra Singh, and several others. Additional names of doctors from Lucknow and Hardoi have also surfaced. Out of a total of 19 accused, several remain absconding, and efforts are underway to trace them.
Investigators revealed that Rohit Tiwari operated the network in a highly secretive manner. He used to change mobile numbers before every transplant procedure and would immediately discard them after the operation, making it difficult for authorities to trace his location or identity.
