Nine of a kidney trading gang held in Joypurhat by RAB

Members of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) have captured nine people for their involvement in illegal kidney trading from Joypurhat.

They were detained from different areas under Kalai Upazila on Tuesday night, said Lieutenant Colonel Md Ziaur Rahman, commander of the RAB-5, at a press briefing in Joypurhat Camp on Wednesday.

The arrested are Abdul Karim alias Qurban Ali, 45; Khaza Moinuddin, 44; Azadul Islam, 37; Afsar Mondol, 56; Nurul Islam, 50; Bablu Fakir, 52; Sobhan Mondol, 52; Mojahid Mondol, 40; and Shajedul Fakir, 38. 

"The RAB members conducted raids based on secret information. The gang members were collecting kidneys from the poor people and selling those to the kidney seekers at a high price," he added.