A major illegal kidney transplant racket has been uncovered in Madanapalle, Annamayya district, following the death of a 29-year-old woman from Visakhapatnam during an unauthorised surgery at a private hospital.
The case has exposed a network allegedly involving private doctors, government hospital officials, and middlemen who had been operating across several districts in Andhra Pradesh.
According to police sources, the incident took place at Global
Multi-Speciality Hospital located in SBI Colony, Madanapalle.
Investigators suspect that the hospital had been conducting kidney transplants secretly for a long time without obtaining necessary permissions.
The deceased woman was identified as Yamuna, wife of Suri Babu from Madhurawada in Visakhapatnam. She had reportedly agreed to donate one of her kidneys to a man named Ranjan Nayak from Goa, after being approached by brokers who promised her ₹8 lakh in return.