Kidney Sale Fraud In Odisha: Himanshu’s Arrest May Open Pandora’s Box!

Bhubaneswar: The current arrest of 32-year-old youth Himanshu Bhusan Nanda in Bhubaneswar is predicted to unfold many important particulars with regard to kidney sale and transplant fraud. The Commissionerate Police on Saturday took Nanda on a three-day remand to unravel the thriller behind so many kidney offers and hint individuals concerned within the rip-off.
So far, 4 victims of Nanda have come ahead and lodged complaints in opposition to him. What has come as a shocker is that there’s additionally a probability of involvement of some medical workers on this fraud, as it’s claimed that Nanda has labored with the advertising workforce of a personal hospital within the capital metropolis earlier. This aside, he had been utilizing one in every of his accomplices as a ‘fake kidney donor’ who accompanied the sufferers to a Kolkata-based hospital for crucial assessments and documentation.
Nanda had taken Rs 5.50 lakh from one Pratap Mishra (64) of Rupsa in Balasore, again in April 2019, to rearrange kidney. Similarly, Tarulata Mishra hailing from Laxmi Sagar space in Bhubaneswar has additionally accused Nanda of dishonest her to the tune of Rs 3.19 lakh. Another criticism lodged on the Mancheswar Police station in Bhubaneswar talked about that Himanshu duped Rs 18 lakh from a affected person on the pretext of arranging a kidney donor.
And on Saturday, yet one more chapter was added to Himanshu’s crime report after one Alok Ranjan Chaini of Kendrapara’s Marshaghai got here out within the open to disclose how he was duped of Rs 8 lakh. Though a criticism was lodged was Chaini in 2015, the precise matter was recognized following the arrest of Nanda.
Speaking to OTV, Chaini alleged, “Himanshu Nanda had accompanied Sanjay Pallai who identified himself as the transplant coordinator of a hospital. I had set a condition that I would go ahead with the operation only after seeing the Orissa HC order and the no-objection certificate (NOC) of Director of Medical Education and Training (DMET). They did not provide to me any document even after one and half years, I demanded a refund of the money I had paid to them. They (fraudsters) then did not pick up my phone and communication was cut-off completely.”
The arrested youth Himanshu occurs to be a resident of Nuapatna in Pattamundai of Kendrapara district and had been staying in Uttara space of the capital metropolis, the place he has opened a decor showroom with the cash he had acquired from the kidney sufferers.
Bhubaneswar DCP Umashankar Dash stated that Himanshu is hiding many issues and never cooperating with police. “Very cleverly, he used to win the trust of the people. He assured patients that the process of kidney sale is all legal. We need to find more about the modus operandi, and how the accused operated the scam. A detailed interrogation will lead us to the core of the racket, and then we’ll be able to shed more light on this.” Dash, nonetheless, denied divulging extra details about an alleged nexus between medical personnel and the accused, because the case is beneath investigation.
Surprisingly, the State well being division or the involved minister had no details about this fraud till OTV correspondent spoke to the minister searching for particulars of the motion initiated by the division on this regard.
“I haven’t received any written complaint on this as yet. I’m hearing about this from you (OTV). I will issue an order to the department to conduct an enquiry into this. Stringent action would be taken as per law,” stated well being minister Naba Das.
The pointers of presidency concerning kidney transplantation state that solely a voluntary donor or relative of a affected person can donate kidney. The full documentation course of is also arduous, plus any deviation from the rules would invite authorized motion, sources stated.
“As per standard protocol, documentation is to be done after tests. Then the documents must be sent to the government. People cannot go to the hospitals directly with the test reports seeking operation. Without obtaining permission or NOC from the government, no such operation is conducted in the world,” Dr Nishit Mohanty has stated.
For now, the police is hopeful of opening Pandora’s field earlier than Himanshu’s remand interval ends.
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