29-May-2025 10:42 PM
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Hyderabad, May 29 (Reporter) The Telangana CID arrested two more key accused from Chennai in connection with the inter-state human organ trafficking case.
Earlier, 13 accused persons were arrested in this case, said Shikha Goel, Director General CID, Telangana, in a release here on Thursday.
Based on a complaint from the Deputy DM & HO, Ranga Reddy, a criminal case was registered under various sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and the Transplantation of Human Organs and Tissues Act, 1994, at Saroornagar Police Station, she said..
The case was later transferred to the CID for further investigation last month.
On May 26, 2025, two more accused persons Shankaran alias Sai Shankaran (56) and N. Ramya (36)both residents of Chennai were apprehended in Chennai by a special team of CID. A passport and two mobile phones were seized from them.
They were brought to Hyderabad on transit remand and produced before the Magistrate for judicial remand here on Thursday.
The accused targeted innocent and economically disadvantaged individuals from Tamil Nadu by luring them with false promises of employment.
The victims were trafficked to Hyderabad, where illegal kidney transplants were conducted with the assistance of other accused persons, including Pradeep (from Bangalore), Pavan, and his associates.
For each illegal transplant, the accused received a commission of Rs. 10 lakhs, out of which Rs. 4–5 lakhs were given to the donors.
Efforts are in progress to apprehend seven more absconding accused persons, including Pavan, Poornachander and their associates...////...