A marginal farmer’s video against an illegal moneylender last month has led the Chandrapur Police in Maharashtra to unearth an international kidney transplant racket spread across several States and with links to Cambodia.
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Two doctors from Tiruchi and Delhi are the prime accused in the case, said police. While one doctor is absconding, another accused doctor is on bail and has been asked to appear before the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Chandrapur, on Friday (January 2, 2026). So far, eight people have been arrested for being part of the racket and for illegal moneylending.
“We had arrested Dr. Ravinder Pal Singh from Healthy Human Clinics in Delhi, but he received bail. He has been asked to remain present here tomorrow (Friday). Dr. Rajratnam Govindaswamy, managing director of STAR KIMS Hospital, Tiruchi, Tamil Nadu, is still absconding. We are on the lookout for him. We had also raided his hospital,” Mummaka Sudharshan, the Superintendent of Police, Chandrapur, told The Hindu.
Last month, the clip by Roshan Kude, a young marginal farmer from Chandrapur, went viral. In the video, he could be heard saying that he had sold one kidney to repay a loan of ₹1 lakh to a moneylender, but the amount had ballooned to over ₹70 lakh with interest. When the police probed the matter, they took the moneylenders in custody. The investigation led the police to the racket through which poor youth were allegedly being lured to sell kidneys for a few lakhs. Some of the victims were taken to Cambodia where their kidneys were harvested.
