Hiranandani kidney racket: Don't have money? Give me a kidney

The Hiranandani kidney racket has already shaken the medical fraternity but the latest revelation indicates a more sinister ploy at play It has now been found that the main accused Bijendra Bisen operated a moneylending business where when his debtors couldnrsquot repay their loans they were pressured into donating their kidneys He even trapped numerous people by presenting it as a sweet deal where not only were their loan interests being taken care of but they were also making some extra cash on the sideBijendra Bisen operated a moneylending businessModus operandiSocial activist Sunder Singh who helped the cops bust the kidney racket told midday that Bisen has been in the kidney racket business for a long time and had carried it out not just in Mumbai but also in UP Gujarat and other parts of MaharashtraIllustrationRavi JadhavIn fact he was even arrested in 2007 for the same offence Singh also revealed that he had been a victim of Bisenrsquos racket tooBisen fuelled his kidney racket with the help of his money lending operation wherein he trapped poor people only A source said ldquoThe amount would be little but the interest rate would be very high In many cases the interest amount would be higher than the principal amount Bisen would then start threatening them to return the moneyrdquoHere he would give them the option of selling their kidney to raise the sumOnce they were persuaded the documents for the racket were provided by another accused Iqbal Khan a resident of Madanpura Khan took around Rs 25000 for each kidney transplant document and the police officers investigating the case recovered over 30 such documents from his placeDCP Vinayak Deshmukh meanwhile said that the police was unaware of Bisenrsquos money lending business and would only get further details after the investigations are throughWhistleblower foxedSingh says he was also a donor who was desperate for money He was promised around Rs 34 lakh but after going through with the donation only got Rs 25000 The source said ldquoBisen promised people money in lakhs but after getting their kidney paid them no more than Rs 25000rdquoHowever the police said that according to the law the donor is also an accused in the case so after the investigation report Singh may be arrestedMore cases emergeNow another woman has approached Singh claiming that Bisen has duped her but is afraid to go to the police for fear that her life is in danger because of the highprofile names involved in the case She repeats the similar story that her kidney was taken around four months ago with a promise of R1 lakh in return She however was paid only Rs 25000SoBo hospitals on radarInvestigation in the kidney racket case has put four hospitals from south Mumbai under the scanner as the arrested accused in the case have named these hospitals during their interrogation The cops are tightlipped about the other hospitalsDCP Deshmukh said ldquoWe are currently investigating this case only South Mumbai hospitals are not in my jurisdictionrdquoThe court yesterday rejected the anticipatory bail plea of two other doctors accused in the case They may now be arrested soon say the cops