Nine members of kidney trading gang held in Joupurhat

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BSS, Joypurhat :
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested nine people, who are involved in kidney trading illegally, while conducting drives in different areas under Kalai upazila of the district on Wednesday night. The arrested are Abdul Karim alias Qurban Ali, 45, Khaza Moinuddin, 44, Azadul Islam, 37, Afsar Mondol, 56, Nurul Islam, 50, Bablu Fakir, 52, Sobhan Mondol, 52, Mojahid Mondol, 40, and Shajedul Fakir, 38. All of them are the residents in Kalai upazila, said Lieutenant Colonel Md Ziaur Rahman, commander of the RAB-5, at a press briefing in Joypurhat Camp around 11:30 am. “Being informed, the RAB members conducted raids in different parts of the upazila last night and arrested the kidney trading gang’s members who are collecting kidneys from the poor people and sell those to the kidney seekers at high price,” he added.

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