The police team investigating the kidney trade in Vijayawada is probing whether the racket has connections in other States as well. The investigating officers said the accused targeted women living in acute poverty and convinced them to sell their kidneys.
“We arrested four persons in two cases. The officers are trying to find out for how long has the racket been functioning, whether any deals had been made earlier and other particulars,” said West Zone Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) K. Hanumantha Rao.
Babu Rao, the accused who is on the run, had been arrested in January this year by the NTR District police in an organ transplantation case. Mr. Babu Rao was in touch with the arrested accused and had played a key role in conducting medical tests for the donors, said Bhavanipuram CI Abdul Salam.
