Five including Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Nidan Hospital, Patan and the hospital's doctor have been arrested on charge of kidney trade.
CEO of Nidan Bipendra Pradhan of Kathmandu-26; Dr Rajesh Panta; Shankar Lal Lama of Doramba-6, Ramechhap currently staying at Sowyambhu, Kathmandu; Kumud Kumar Bhattarai of Kanchanpur-9 in Saptari currently staying in Madhaypur Thimi; and Ram Chandra Ale of Lalitpur have been arrested.
The Human Trafficking Bureau of Nepal Police made the incident public organizing a press conference on Wednesday.
Bhattarai is legal advisor to Nidan while Ale is a section officer with the Lalitpur District Administration Office. A kidney was sold and transplanted on Lama on their connivance.
SP with the bureau Govinda Thapaliya said they connived to get permission from the Lalitpur District Administration Office to transplant kidney of an individual to Lama, but transplanted another person's kidney to Lama. Ale had helped in providing paper works for donation from another person, according to the police.
The bureau was investigating the case that happened three months ago after receiving a tip-off. The police have yet to reveal whose kidney was donated stating investigation is going on.
