Five doctors sent to police custory in Mumbai Kidney racket

A court here on Wednesday remanded five doctors of the Dr L H Hiranandani Hospital to police custody till August 13 for their role in a kidney transplant racket.

The five doctors, CEO Dr Sujit Chatterjee, medical director Dr Anurag Naik, Dr Mukesh Shete, Dr Mukesh Shah and Dr Prakash Shetty, were arrested by the Powai police on Tuesday night and produced before the magistrate's court in Andheri.  So far, 14 people have been arrested by the Powai police, who have been investigating the case for nearly a month now.  

According to the remand



application, in view of the kidney transplantations that have been carried out in the past and the incriminating documents recovered, besides statements of the other accused, the custodial interrogations of the doctors were necessary. 

Deputy Commissioner of Police Ashok Dudhe said the Powai police seized documents from the hospital and also relied on the report of the director of Health Services. “We have found that the doctors were negligent and also did not follow the laid-down procedures under the Transplantation of Human Organs Act, 1994,” he said.