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An Organ For A Dime

A Chennai doc's arrest shows the kidney trade continues to flourish in the city

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An Organ For A Dime
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Doctor Kingpin
  • Conducted 471 kidney transplants in two Chennai hospitals in the last six years
  • Charges Rs 15-Rs 20 lakh per operation. Is said to be worth Rs 100 crore. Owns three bungalows and three farmhouses in and around the city.
  • Donors, most of them poor, gullible women, were lured by lakhs but paid only a few thousands

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Dr. Dread: Ravichandran, the brain behind the racket

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The loot: Income tax men raid Ravichandran's Chennai house

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