Indian kidney racket suspects remanded

November 13, 2016 02:40 am

Five Indian nationals who had escaped from the Mirihana detention center where they were held for their alleged involvement in a kidney racket have been remanded to police custody until November 24.

They were recaptured by the Pesalai police in Thalaimannar yesterday and produced before the Mannar magistrate, police said. The suspects have been remanded to police custody until November 24, they said.

Some eight Indian nationals were arrested on March 4 for violating visa conditions. They were later found to be involved in illegal kidney transplants in Colombo hospitals.

They were detained at the Mirihana detention Center after producing them before the Colombo Magistrate’s Court.

One of the suspects had escaped from the detention center earlier and fled to India. The others had escaped the Mirihna detention centre last week.

PTI

-Agencies

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