<p>Kochi: The <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/india/kerala">Kerala </a>police on Saturday said it has arrested the alleged mastermind behind the international human trafficking network involved in organ harvesting.</p>.<p>Ernakulam Rural SP Vaibhav Saxena said that 41-year-old Ballamkonda Ram Prasad also known as Pratapan was the alleged mastermind behind the mafia and was hiding out in a hotel in Hyderabad.</p>.<p>A special investigation team of Kerala police arrested Pratapan, a native of Vijayawada in Andhra Pradesh, police said.</p>.<p>The police said that according to preliminary information received by it, many people have carried out kidney transplantation related transactions through the Andhra resident.</p>.Landslides, waterlogging in Kerala as Southwest monsoon intensifies; IMD sounds red alert.<p>The victims of the organ trafficking operation were from rural areas and the organs were allegedly removed in Iran, police said in a statement.</p>.<p>Pratapan had first got in touch with the organ trafficking mafia to donate his kidney, but as he suffered from some diseases, his organ could not be taken, it claimed.</p>.<p>Later, he joined the group, became their main person and contacted organ recipients through social media, police further claimed.</p>.<p>He would send the donors from India to Iran where they were received by one Sabith Nasar, who is already in police custody, the statement said.</p>.<p>After the organs were donated, the donors were sent back to India by Nasar, it said.</p>.Kerala Congress condemns PM Modi's 'world did not know of Gandhi till film was made' remark.<p>Besides Nasar and Pratapan, police have also caught one Sajith Shyam, suspected to be the one controlling the financial affairs of the gang, the statement said.</p>.<p>Nasar, hailing from Valappadu in Thrissur district, was taken into custody from Cochin International Airport Limited (CIAL) two weeks ago following a tip-off from Central agencies.</p>.<p>All the accused have been charged under relevant provisions of the IPC and the Transplantation of Human Organs Act, 1994.</p>.<p>A detailed investigation has been launched into the matter by a huge team headed by the Ernakulam Rural SP, the statement said. </p>
<p>Kochi: The <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/india/kerala">Kerala </a>police on Saturday said it has arrested the alleged mastermind behind the international human trafficking network involved in organ harvesting.</p>.<p>Ernakulam Rural SP Vaibhav Saxena said that 41-year-old Ballamkonda Ram Prasad also known as Pratapan was the alleged mastermind behind the mafia and was hiding out in a hotel in Hyderabad.</p>.<p>A special investigation team of Kerala police arrested Pratapan, a native of Vijayawada in Andhra Pradesh, police said.</p>.<p>The police said that according to preliminary information received by it, many people have carried out kidney transplantation related transactions through the Andhra resident.</p>.Landslides, waterlogging in Kerala as Southwest monsoon intensifies; IMD sounds red alert.<p>The victims of the organ trafficking operation were from rural areas and the organs were allegedly removed in Iran, police said in a statement.</p>.<p>Pratapan had first got in touch with the organ trafficking mafia to donate his kidney, but as he suffered from some diseases, his organ could not be taken, it claimed.</p>.<p>Later, he joined the group, became their main person and contacted organ recipients through social media, police further claimed.</p>.<p>He would send the donors from India to Iran where they were received by one Sabith Nasar, who is already in police custody, the statement said.</p>.<p>After the organs were donated, the donors were sent back to India by Nasar, it said.</p>.Kerala Congress condemns PM Modi's 'world did not know of Gandhi till film was made' remark.<p>Besides Nasar and Pratapan, police have also caught one Sajith Shyam, suspected to be the one controlling the financial affairs of the gang, the statement said.</p>.<p>Nasar, hailing from Valappadu in Thrissur district, was taken into custody from Cochin International Airport Limited (CIAL) two weeks ago following a tip-off from Central agencies.</p>.<p>All the accused have been charged under relevant provisions of the IPC and the Transplantation of Human Organs Act, 1994.</p>.<p>A detailed investigation has been launched into the matter by a huge team headed by the Ernakulam Rural SP, the statement said. </p>