Doctor among four booked for ‘stealing’ kidney
Devanathan.Veerappan@timesgroup.com
Madurai:14.03.2019
The K Pudur police in Madurai have registered a case against a doctor at a kidney hospital, his wife and two others, including the father of the recipient of a ‘stolen’ kidney. They allegedly ‘stole’ the kidney of a teenager and transplanted it to another person without the consent of the boy’s family members.
In her complaint, the donor’s mother, Shakeela Banu, 35, claimed that her son’s kidney was harvested in the hospital on the pretext of curing his ‘blood infection’. Though the incident took place in November 2017, a case was registered with K Pudur police station on Wednesday based on a petition the woman handed over to city police commissioner S Davidson Devasirvatham about 10 days ago. As reported earlier, the Madurai bench of the Madras high court had directed the commissioner to probe the issue. According to police sources, though Shakeela Banu had approached Melur police station in the district police unit to get a case registered, it was not done. Dr Palanirajan of Shastha Kidney and Multi Specialty Hospital, his wife, the recipient’s father Basheer and his friend Raja Mohammed were booked under IPC sections 420-cheating, 506 (i)- punishment for criminal intimidation and sections 18, 19, 20 of The Transplantation of Human Organs Act 1994.
Dr Palanirajan told TOI that he was shocked to know about the case. He did the transplantation after getting all the required approvals and following the procedures including the approval from the authorization committee of Government Rajaji Hospital. “We have already submitted all the documents to the police officers, who inquired into the case before and were convinced. I think some money dispute between the donor and the recipient has dragged us into this,” he said.
Assistant commissioner of police Anna Nagar, Lilly Grace, who is the investigation officer, said that the case was registered based on the petition the woman had given to the commissioner and they were yet to start the inquiry. In her complaint, Shakeela Banu stated that Basheer and Raja Mohammed had been helping her with grocery items as she was struggling to make both ends meet. They told her that Basheer’s son had some disease and wanted blood transfusion frequently for which they sought her son’s blood.
Devanathan.Veerappan@timesgroup.com
Madurai:14.03.2019
The K Pudur police in Madurai have registered a case against a doctor at a kidney hospital, his wife and two others, including the father of the recipient of a ‘stolen’ kidney. They allegedly ‘stole’ the kidney of a teenager and transplanted it to another person without the consent of the boy’s family members.
In her complaint, the donor’s mother, Shakeela Banu, 35, claimed that her son’s kidney was harvested in the hospital on the pretext of curing his ‘blood infection’. Though the incident took place in November 2017, a case was registered with K Pudur police station on Wednesday based on a petition the woman handed over to city police commissioner S Davidson Devasirvatham about 10 days ago. As reported earlier, the Madurai bench of the Madras high court had directed the commissioner to probe the issue. According to police sources, though Shakeela Banu had approached Melur police station in the district police unit to get a case registered, it was not done. Dr Palanirajan of Shastha Kidney and Multi Specialty Hospital, his wife, the recipient’s father Basheer and his friend Raja Mohammed were booked under IPC sections 420-cheating, 506 (i)- punishment for criminal intimidation and sections 18, 19, 20 of The Transplantation of Human Organs Act 1994.
Dr Palanirajan told TOI that he was shocked to know about the case. He did the transplantation after getting all the required approvals and following the procedures including the approval from the authorization committee of Government Rajaji Hospital. “We have already submitted all the documents to the police officers, who inquired into the case before and were convinced. I think some money dispute between the donor and the recipient has dragged us into this,” he said.
Assistant commissioner of police Anna Nagar, Lilly Grace, who is the investigation officer, said that the case was registered based on the petition the woman had given to the commissioner and they were yet to start the inquiry. In her complaint, Shakeela Banu stated that Basheer and Raja Mohammed had been helping her with grocery items as she was struggling to make both ends meet. They told her that Basheer’s son had some disease and wanted blood transfusion frequently for which they sought her son’s blood.
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