A judicial magistrate on Monday extended physical remand of four suspects including two doctors, involved in transplantation of kidneys privately, to May 09. The FIA officials produced Professor Dr Fawad, Dr Altamash secretary YDA and two paramedics before magistrate Farooq Sohal and sought their 10-day physical remand. The officials said the matter was highly sensitive because the suspects were playing with the lives of the citizens. The magistrate however granted four days physical remand of the suspects.

On last Saturday, FIA arrested two doctors red handed who were transplanting kidneys to foreigners at a rented house in Lahore. During preliminary inquiry, the officials alleged, Professor Fawad and Dr Altamsh had disclosed the names of certain hospitals in the city whose management was involved in illegal transplant of the kidneys. Dr Fawad and ring leader Saqib were already facing FIRs with local police in the same business but they secured bails from the courts and were again on their business, the officials said.

They further stated that among the donors were a rickshaw driver Amir and female Roushni who were promised to be paid Rs 150,000 each. Amir decided to sell his kidney to pay back his loan, it is reported. However, Roushni could not be able to give her statement due to excessive bleeding, the official said. Among the recipients were two Omani nationals who paid Rs 4 million per head to the doctors for transplantation, said the officials.

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