All superintendents of police have been directed to investigate whether any person from the state was sent to Iran.
This follows the arrest of Kerala native Sabit Naseer from Kochi International Airport following a tip off from central agencies regarding his frequent travel to Iran from Kochi and other destinations.
Sabit Naseer was arrested on Sunday and is now in judicial custody.
According to his remand report, he has admitted to taking 20 people from different states of India to Iran to sell their kidneys.
Although Sambit Naseer has not named any person from Tamil Nadu for being part of the racket, the police are not taking any chances and have started investigation.The Vigilance Department has asked all SPs to trace the missing persons of people who had recently visited countries like Iran.
Central intelligence agencies are also assisting Tamil Nadu Intelligence in providing inputs on the movement of people from four international airports in the state, including Chennai, Coimbatore, Tiruchi and Madurai.
According to the information, the National Investigation Agency can take this case into its hands.
Because it has international implications.
Iran legalized living non-related donation (LNRD) of kidneys in 1988 and was believed to be the only country to do so.
This was reported in a study published by Rupert WL Major in the McGill Journal of Medicine in 2008.In comparison, India has strict laws for organ donation.
The Transplantation of Human Organs Act (THOA) of 1994 was enacted to provide for a system of removal, storage and transplantation of human organs for therapeutic purposes and to prevent commercial dealings in human organs.
The Transplantation of Human Organs (Amendment) Act 2011 was enacted and the Transplantation of Human Organs and Tissues Rules 2014 were notified in 2014.
Sabith has admitted that he used to get Rs 5 lakh per kidney donor and each donor was paid between Rs 5 to 10 lakh.
He has also admitted that there is an organized network behind this.
However, sources said that the amount recovered from the kidney by Sabeeth Naseer was much more than what was reported and this was only the tip of the iceberg.
This follows the arrest of Kerala native Sabit Naseer from Kochi International Airport following a tip off from central agencies regarding his frequent travel to Iran from Kochi and other destinations.
Sabit Naseer was arrested on Sunday and is now in judicial custody.
According to his remand report, he has admitted to taking 20 people from different states of India to Iran to sell their kidneys.
Although Sambit Naseer has not named any person from Tamil Nadu for being part of the racket, the police are not taking any chances and have started investigation.The Vigilance Department has asked all SPs to trace the missing persons of people who had recently visited countries like Iran.
Central intelligence agencies are also assisting Tamil Nadu Intelligence in providing inputs on the movement of people from four international airports in the state, including Chennai, Coimbatore, Tiruchi and Madurai.
According to the information, the National Investigation Agency can take this case into its hands.
Because it has international implications.
Iran legalized living non-related donation (LNRD) of kidneys in 1988 and was believed to be the only country to do so.
This was reported in a study published by Rupert WL Major in the McGill Journal of Medicine in 2008.In comparison, India has strict laws for organ donation.
The Transplantation of Human Organs Act (THOA) of 1994 was enacted to provide for a system of removal, storage and transplantation of human organs for therapeutic purposes and to prevent commercial dealings in human organs.
The Transplantation of Human Organs (Amendment) Act 2011 was enacted and the Transplantation of Human Organs and Tissues Rules 2014 were notified in 2014.
Sabith has admitted that he used to get Rs 5 lakh per kidney donor and each donor was paid between Rs 5 to 10 lakh.
He has also admitted that there is an organized network behind this.
However, sources said that the amount recovered from the kidney by Sabeeth Naseer was much more than what was reported and this was only the tip of the iceberg.