Ever since Mumbai Police busted a major kidney racket at a top Powai hospital, and arrested five of its doctors, including the CEO and the medical director, the case has had a domino effect. Victims have started speaking out, doctors have come under the scanner and it is evident that we have only seen the tip of the iceberg. It is not just one hospital, but several that are going to come under investigation. The can of worms has well and truly been opened.

It was exactly a month ago that a social worker blew the lid off the kidney racket by tipping off the police that a donor and recipient were posing as husband and wife so they could participate in an illegal transplant. Some political activists and members of a trade union joined hands with the police to stop a kidney transplant midway. From then on, the spiral started.