Kidney trade goes unchecked in Kavre
Chandiraj Dahal
Kavre, June 26
Despite widespread problem of kidney trade in Kavre district, both victims and the authorities concerned have failed to bring the culprits to book.
Despite widespread problem of kidney trade in Kavre district, both victims and the authorities concerned have failed to bring the culprits to book.
However, Govinda Bahadur Thapa,
ex-IGP who is also an advisor to the Human Trafficking and Transportation
Control Committee, says evidences can be found if one follows what the villages
say. “The local administration should start its operation to bring the
racketeers into legal retribution based on general information even when no one
files a case,” he said.
Victims say kidney racketeers are assisted by one’s own neighbour or even relatives and are engaged in such a wide network that their kingpins can hardly be reached. The victims’ stories also reveal that the number of people losing their kidneys is still on the go though most of such cases belong to the time when there was no appropriate law regarding trafficking of human body and organs.
Victims say kidney racketeers are assisted by one’s own neighbour or even relatives and are engaged in such a wide network that their kingpins can hardly be reached. The victims’ stories also reveal that the number of people losing their kidneys is still on the go though most of such cases belong to the time when there was no appropriate law regarding trafficking of human body and organs.
Several organisations, including
Asia Foundation, Protection of People’s Rights (PPR) Nepal, Mahila Tamang
Ghedung and LACC Nepal, had once come up with a list of victims who have
already sold one of their kidneys and submitted it to the District Police
Office.
According to Krishna Pyari
Nakarmi, district coordinator of the PPR Nepal, these organisations have been
conducting several programs to raise awareness among the vulnerable communities
in the district. “We also provide legal advice to the victims”, she said.
However, none of the victims have helped police administration by officially
registering their complaints.
Along with Hokse, which is
notoriously known as kidney bank in the district, other villages like
Kharelthok, Koshidekha, Panchkhal, Mahadevsthan and Jaisithok have around one
hundred people to tell their rueful account of why they had to sell their
important body part. These stories have a common root in poverty and are seen
nurtured with different causes, which aren’t really the only alternatives.
Racketeers promise to pay up to Rs
2 lakhs for a kidney and pocket up to Rs 10 lakhs per client. At times, the
victims are even thrashed and sent back empty handed.
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