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Police  Arrest 5 For  Kidney-Smuggling
 By Josephine Ella-Ejeh

Police in Nepal have arrested five men in connection with a kidney-smuggling racket.
 The suspects were allegedly luring poor people to hospitals in India to have their kidneys removed and sold, a police official said Monday.

 Three of the five men, who are in their late 20s and early 40s,were arrested in Chitwan district in south-central Nepal while  one was arrested  in the capital Kathmandu and the other neighbouring Rasuwa district, a deputy superintendent of police in Chitwan Prabhu Dhakal.
“The smugglers made the victims undergo medical tests in Kathmandu and sent them to India for transplant,” Dhakal said.
The suspects were fined 50,000 Nepali rupees (456 dollars) to 100,000 Nepali rupees for finding donors who were lured into smuggling with false promises, he added.
The local police in Chitwan were spurred into action after a potential victim, who was taken to India for transplant, escaped and lodged a complaint.
Under Nepalese laws, only relatives are allowed to donate kidneys, but smugglers take advantage of the country’s porous border with India where the organs are harvested.
If convicted, the five each face a jail sentence of up to 10 years and a fine of 200,000 Nepali rupees (1,824 dollars).

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