Odisha: ‘420’ Youth Arrested For Duping Kidney Patients Of Lakhs

Bhubaneswar: The Commissionerate Police has arrested a youth from Bhubaneswar for allegedly duping lakhs of rupees from kidney sufferers on the pretext of arranging donors. The arrested youth Himanshu Bhusan Nanda, aged 32, occurs to be a resident of Nuapatna in Pattamundai of Kendrapara district and had been staying in Uttara space of the capital metropolis, police stated.
As per stories, the youth 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.
The matter got here to the fore when the harmless victims reached the hospital with the ‘fake’ paperwork handed over to them by Himanshu promising authorized kidney transplantation. Upon studying that they’ve been deceived, each of them lodged a grievance with the Nayapalli Police, who initiated an investigation and managed to arrest Nanda, the fraudster.
A case was registered at Nayapalli PS and Himanshu has been arrested underneath sections 420/468/471 of the IPC.
“I visited Dr Biswajit Nanda to seek necessary details prior to admission in hospital. When the doctor saw the documents, he informed me that this was fake and not his hand-written prescription,” alleged Pratap Chandra Mishra, the complainant.
The second sufferer, Tarulata stated, “After undergoing required tests, and we were yet to avail the reports, he had already taken Rs 3.19 lakh from us by the time. He asked Rs 1 lakh more to get us the reports, but he did not pay much interest after that. We have with us an HC order given to us by him, and we think this document is forged.”
Revealing Nanda’s modus operandi, police sources stated he used one in every of his associates Sameer Subudhi to win the belief of sufferers. The victims began believing him when Sameer (the faux donor) accompanied the sufferers for required well being examination in Kolkata.
Meanwhile, a recent grievance was lodged in opposition to Himanshu on the Mancheswar Police station in Bhubaneswar on Thursday. The complainant has acknowledged that Himanshu defrauded him to the tune of Rs 18 lakh on the pretext of arranging a kidney donor.
The moot query right here is, had been the sufferers really unaware of the rules of Directorate of Medical Education & Training (DMET), Odisha associated to kidney transplantation; or was it a life-saving determined name that pressured them to throw warning to the wind?
Bhubaneswar DCP, Umashankar Mishra knowledgeable, “So far, two fraud cases have come to the fore. He (Himanshu) convinced people by showing duplicate documents, including forged HC and government orders which mentioned grant of permission to arrange kidney donors. He told them that the kidney to be transplanted is legal. A detailed investigation is in progress as we suspect a big kidney racket.”
With the cash obtained from the ailing kidney sufferers, the youth has opened an inside and decor showroom in Bhubaneswar. He has additionally taken a flat on hire at Lingipur space of town, from the place he had been working his unlawful enterprise commerce. The youth reportedly tried to suppress the case by assuring victims a refund, nevertheless, Police have intensified probe to get to the foundation of the suspected kidney sale racket and hint all individuals concerned. In all likelihood, the arrest of Himanshu may very well be simply the tip of an iceberg.

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