Man and woman arrested on charges of illegal kidney transplantation
Man and woman arrested on charges of illegal kidney transplantation
KATHMANDU: At least two persons have been arrested for allegedly being involved in an illegal human organ trading racket, police said on Wednesday.
Shankar Khatri, 37, from Lalitpur Metropolitan City, and Shanti Maya Ghalan, 42, from Bhimfedi Rural Municipality, in Nepal were arrested by a team of Anti Human Trafficking Bureau of Nepal Police for illegally trading human body parts, a Nepal Police statement said.
The duo was arrested based on a complaint registered by the victim who was illegally taken to Kolkata in India from Kathmandu and promised Nepali Rs 1 million as compensation against removing the kidney, it said.
