Illegal organ transplant: FIA arrests three persons from Murree

LAHORE: Three people were arrested from Murree Thursday night for their involvement in illegal kidney transplant, according to the Federal Investigation Agency.

According to the FIA officials, the accused would bring people from foreign countries to Pakistan to illegally provide them with the organ. The officials added the three accused persons were staying with a friend at a hotel in Murree.

Before, Murree they were hiding in Kalash valleys of Chitral.

A few days back, FIA arrested main accused of the illegal organ transplant gang from Sialkot.

The arrested person, Abdul Majeed, has been accused of tracing kidney patients in foreign countries and then connecting them to Dr Fawad, another accused. Majeed would charge Rs4 million for a kidney. 

Read: Another accused of illegal organ transplant gang arrested from Sialkot

The FIA Gujranwala officials carried out a raid and made the arrest. 

During interrogation, Majeed revealed names of five more people involved in the crime. They belong to Mirpur, Jhelum and Gujranwala. 

Earlier in the month, FIA arrested Dr Fawad, Dr Khalid and Dr Altamash.  

The arrests were made during the raid at a private housing society, where the clinic was being run, in Lahore. 

Later, FIA arrested two foreigners, who had bought kidneys at the illegal clinic.

While talking to Geo News, FIA Assistant Director Jameel Ahmed Khan had said the foreigners who had brought the kidneys were arrested so that a message could be sent across that Pakistan is not a hub for illegal transplant of organs. The officials concerned had said the foreigners belonged to Oman.