Three persons including two Grama Niladharis have been arrested by the Colombo Crimes Division (CCD) in connection with the alleged kidney racket at the Western Hospital in Borella.
The CCD said a chief broker who supported the smuggling and two Grama Niladharis who forged documents were among the arrested.
The chief broker was arrested from Armour Street while the Grama Niladharis were arrested from Rajagiriya and Kaduwela.
The Grama Niladharis belong to Kolonnawa and Sri Jayawardenepura jurisdictions.
They have taken an amount of Rs.20,000 to prepare a fake certificate of residence.
The hospital has paid an amount of around Rs.100,000 to Rs.150,000 to the broker for each person who offers to donate a kidney.
The CCD has so far arrested four people in connection with this smuggling.
Although it has been revealed that a police officer was also involved in this racket, the police have not yet taken any action against him, the Sri Lanka Mirror learns.
It was reported that the Attorney General’s Department has also questioned why Professor Rezvi Sheriff, the owner of Western Hospital, has not been arrested yet.
It has now been revealed that one of the six people who complained to the police about the non-payment of money after donating their kidneys has donated his kidney to Professor Sheriff.
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