Police in Nepal on Monday arrested five men for luring poor people to hospitals in India to have their kidneys removed and sold, a police official said. 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. 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 smugglers made the victims undergo medical tests in Kathmandu and sent them to India for transplant,” Dhakal said. If convicted, the five each face a jail sentence of up to 10 years and a fine of 200,000 Nepali rupees.

Source: The Guardian July 30, 2018 12:56 UTC