KOCHI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday launched simultaneous raids at five major private hospitals across the state, including prominent healthcare facilities in Kochi. According to official sources, the sudden crackdowns are being conducted following specific intelligence tracking massive illicit financial transactions connected to a multi-state organ trafficking syndicate. The federal agency is thoroughly inspecting establishments and networks closely tied to the prime accused in the case, Najeeb. Investigators have reportedly established that significant financial deposits were routed from a major hospital in Kochi directly into Najeeb’s personal bank accounts.
State police and central intelligence units had previously uncovered that a well-entrenched, highly organized mafia was operating behind the large-scale illegal organ trade network. Najeeb, the suspected kingpin of the entire network, was recently intercepted and arrested by a special police squad from Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh. The arrest was executed following precise digital tracking of his real-time coordinates based on confidential tip-offs. Subsequent interrogations revealed that the cartel led by Najeeb had been actively running an underground organ trading enterprise for over three consecutive years by extensively fabricating official certificates, governmental clearances, and relation-proof documents.
The operational strategy of this illicit syndicate primarily involved preying upon marginalized, low-income individuals who were facing extreme financial distress. The racketeers would lure these vulnerable donors by offering minimal financial compensation for their organs and subsequently resell those vital organs to wealthy recipients in desperate medical need for astronomical amounts of money. To bypass strict medical and legal oversight, the gang relied heavily on forging statutory documents continuously for over three years. The ED is now scanning the financial ledgers and digital footprints of these corporate hospitals to unearth the deeper layer of hawala routes and money laundering feeding this illegal trade.
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കേരളത്തിലെ 5 പ്രമുഖ സ്വകാര്യ ആശുപത്രികളിൽ എൻഫോഴ്സ്മെന്റ് ഡയറക്ടറേറ്റ് (ഇ.ഡി) ഒരേസമയം റെയ്ഡ് നടത്തി. അന്തർസംസ്ഥാന അവയവക്കടത്ത് കേസിലെ മുഖ്യപ്രതി നജീബുമായി ബന്ധപ്പെട്ട കോടികളുടെ കള്ളപ്പണമിടപാടുകളിലാണ് കൊച്ചിയിലെ അടക്കമുള്ള ആശുപത്രികളിൽ പരിശോധന നടന്നത്. ഉത്തർപ്രദേശിൽ നിന്ന് അറസ്റ്റിലായ നജീബിന്റെ അക്കൗണ്ടിലേക്ക് കൊച്ചിയിലെ പ്രമുഖ ആശുപത്രിയിൽ നിന്ന് പണം എത്തിയതായി ഇ.ഡി കണ്ടെത്തി. സാമ്പത്തികമായി ബുദ്ധിമുട്ടുന്ന സാധാരണക്കാരെ വ്യാജരേഖകളിലൂടെ കബളിപ്പിച്ച് കഴിഞ്ഞ മൂന്ന് വർഷമായി ഈ മാഫിയ അവയവക്കച്ചവടം നടത്തിവരികയായിരുന്നു.
(With inputs from MN)
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