Mother sues 9 over illegal transplant of son's kidney

A woman yesterday filed a case against nine people for defrauding her son and illegally transferring one of his kidneys to a patient.

Promila Rani lodged the case with a local court stating that the accused in connivance with each other took her son Babul Chandra Sharma, 26, to India by using a fake passport and then took away his kidney.

The accused include barbers Udhir Chandra Shil, Sunil Chandra Shil and Anjan Chandra Shil of Thakurgaon; patient Abu Bakkar Siddique, his wife Noor Jahan Akter Sweety, mother Selima Begum and brothers Nasim Uddin and Abu Sayeed of Dinajpur. An unnamed broker in illegal human organ trade is the other accused.

After hearing the case, Thakurgaon District and Sessions Judge Mirza Ayub Ali ordered the Rab to probe it.

According to the case statement, Udhir lured Babul to have a barber's job at Border Guard Bangladesh in Dinajpur. But Babul was eventually sent to Kolkata where his kidney was transplanted into Abu Bakkar Siddique on July 12.

Victim's lawyer Mozaffar Ahmed Manik said the case was filed under Human Trafficking Deterrence and Suppression Act, 2012 and Transplantation of Human Organs Act, 1999.

Transplantation of Human Organs Act stipulates that none other than a relative of a patient can donate him an organ. In the fake passport, Babul was shown as Nasim Uddin, brother of the patient, Manik added.

Babul said he cannot work as he has become sick now. He is struggling to support his wife, a daughter and parents.

Abu Bakkar's elder brother Md Selim said he heard that a boy donated a kidney to his brother who is now undergoing treatment in Kolkata. He further mentioned that his family would give some money to the donor.

Asked why Babul's name was faked in the passport, he kept mum. 

Contacted, accused Udhir said he was not involved in human organ trade. 

“I had no idea that Babul would donate a kidney,” he claimed.