A district court in Kalyan recently refused to grant bail to a woman arrested for allegedly duping a doctor, whose father was suffering from renal failure, of Rs 5 lakh with the promise of finding a kidney donor for him.
According to the prosecution, the accused, Neha Mehra (33), was engaged in a racket involving illegal kidney transplants and enlisted poor people as kidney donors after preparing forged documents.
The racket came to light after the present case, in which the accused had allegedly prepared forged documents in the names of relatives of the patient, and the complainant lodged a complaint with the police after he came to know about this.
The prosecution’s case is that Bhaskar Nimsakhare, the father of Dr Krushna Nimsakhare, the complainant, had suffered a renal failure and the latter hence started searching the Internet for people who could help with kidney transplants. He then got in touch with the accused to secure a kidney donor for his father.
After negotiations, the complainant agreed to pay Rs 20 lakh to the accused and paid Rs 5 lakh in advance. He also provided documents of his relatives, including Aadhaar cards, for preparation of the documents needed for kidney transplants.
The complainant was made to visit Delhi thrice, where the transplant was supposed to take place, for various tests to be conducted on the patient. However, the accused subsequently started avoiding the complainant, which raised suspicion, and Dr Nimsakhare enquired and came to know that the accused had allegedly prepared forged documents in the names of his relatives.
When he asked for his money back, the accused issued him a cheque that bounced. Following this, he filed a complaint with the police.
Acting on the complaint, the police arrested four persons. Of them, Mehra has filed for bail. After hearing the arguments made by both the defence and prosecution lawyers, judge D.S. Hatarote observed that there is a prima facie case to show involvement of the applicant in the kidney transplant racket. The judge also said such types of people exploit the genuine need that poor people have for money, and rejected Mehra’s bail plea.
