LAHORE: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has made two more arrests linked to the illegal organ transplant case. As per FIA officials, the accused, Naveed, was an operation theatre assistant at Mayo Hospital while Muhammad Azhar held the same position at General Hospital in Lahore. Naveed and Azhar had fled the site when the illegal transplant case had come to the forefront few weeks back.
The two have been accused of helping the prime accused, Dr Fawad Mumtaz and Dr Altamash, in operating people for their kidneys, the officials added. The accused have so far carried out an illegal transplant on nearly 100 people.
Previously, three accused were arrested from Murree their involvement in the crime. According to the FIA officials, the accused were involved in attracting foreigners to Pakistan and illegally providing them with the organ.
Also, the FIA had arrested main accused of the illegal organ transplant gang from Sialkot.
The arrested person, Abdul Majeed, has been accused of tracing kidney patients in foreign countries and then connecting them to Dr Fawad, another accused. Majeed charged as much as Rs4million for a kidney.
In April, FIA arrested Dr Fawad, Dr Khalid and Dr Altamash during a raid at a private housing society, where the clinic was being run illegally in Lahore. Moreover, the FIA also arrested two foreigners who had bought kidneys at the illegal clinic.
