Indo-Lanka kidney racket: Court allows CCD to persue documents of recent kidney transplants

(Published in Daily Mirror on 25/05/2016)

By Shehan Chamika Silva

The remaining seven suspects, who were arrested over the alleged Indo-Lanka kidney racket, were ordered to be further remanded till May 31 by the Colombo Chief Magistrate.

Earlier, the main suspect, an Indian by named Vijini Giri Lakshman Kumar, had escaped from the Mirihana Detention Camp.

The Colombo Crimes Department (CCD) revealed that the fake rubber seals recovered from the suspects possession had been used to create illegal documents, which were then submitted to the private hospitals for kidney transplants to be performed.

Acceding to the request made by the CCD, the Magistrate directed the Director of the Private Hospital Development Division to permit the police to peruse the initial documents for the kidney transplants made at the private hospitals this year.

The CCD also told the court that it would get the AG's opinion about further legal action to be taken with regard to the high profile case.

The seven suspects thus remanded were, Kuppandali Ramachandran, Dogipathi Shri Niwas, Mohammad Isthiyan, Yadalapaari Vamis Krishna, Ragavendra Uppara, Nanda Krishor and Theppala Viki Raja.