Twelve persons including doctors and people's representative have been arrested on charge of illegal kidney transplants.
The Anti Human Trafficking Bureau of Nepal Police has made three doctors arrested from Chitwan and nine persons from Lalitpur public on Sunday.
The Lalitpur District Court had issued arrest warrant against the 12 persons including Ward Chairman of Lalitpur Metropolitan City 3 Srigopal Maharjan. The arrested persons include two women.
Maharjan has been accused of conniving in illegal kidney transplant, the bureau said during a press conference on Sunday. He has been charged of falsely certifying donor as relative.