PATNA: The recovery of 44 packets of blood from a house under Patrakar Nagar police station area on Saturday exposed the rampant illegal trade in connivance with private health centres in Patna. A health department official said on Sunday that the drug inspectors would be asked to raid the places in their respective districts to nab those involved in selling blood illegally.
The racket came to light after Santosh Kumar and Ajay Diwedi were arrested near Mahavir Mandir on Friday with 10 gold lockets snatched from children. The police raided Santosh's house at Road number 1 of Sanjay Gandhi Nagar under Patrakar Nagar police station area on Saturday and found the fridge filled with the blood packets.