Doctor couple booked for illegal eye transplantation

Patiala, October 3: The Patiala police have unearthed a scam involving a city-based doctor couple. The Rajpura CIA has registered a case of illegal transplantation of human eyes from bodies of poor patients against two prominent Patiala-based eye surgeons who allegedly were running this trade in Punjab and Haryana.

The cops have arrested three persons in this regard, including the key accused, and are further investigating the case.

In this regard senior police officials said that Dr J P S Sodhi, a visiting doctor at SDKS Aggarsain Hospital and a visiting faculty member at various other hospitals in Punjab and Haryana, has been arrested. “We have also arrested co-accused Manjit and Sunil under Section 120-B of the IPC,” they added.

Rajpura CIA in-charge Sarabjit Cheema said that the doctor’s wife, Dr Neelima Sodhi, also an eye specialist, is yet to be nabbed.

“An FIR under Sections 420, 297, 120-B of IPC and 18-19-20 pertaining to cheating and illegal transplantation of human organs has been registered at Rajpura police station,” he added.

Sources in the police said that Dr Sodhi used to operate upon poor migrants and take out eyes of those who died.

“The relatives of dead patients, mostly from poor background, were not informed that the deceased’s eyes had been gauged out,” he added.

Cheema further said that preliminary investigations revealed that Sunil was the doctor couple’s driver and Manjit was a class four employee at a hospital in Ambala.

“Manjit and Sunil used to transfer the eyes for further transplantation,” he said.

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