VEHARI, July 16: The kidney trade spectre has once again raised its head, as another case has been reported in Burewala.

The mother of a teenaged boy has filed an application with the Vehari district police officer at an open katchery held at Chak 461-EB in Burewala, narrating the ‘ordeal’ her son had faced.

Amina Bibi, a resident of Ali Town in Burewala, said about one month ago a local influential figure, Abdul Aziz Langrial, kidnapped her son Sabir Ali, hardly 18, and took him to a private hospital in Rawalpindi. Doctors injected his son some intoxicant and removed his kidney which Langrial sold out for a few thousand rupees, she said.

She further said her son somehow reached home and informed city police station sub-inspector Malik Imdad about the ordeal he had been subjected to in the hospital. Even after a month, however, the police did not take any interest in the matter, not to speak of formally registering a case against the suspect who moved around freely in Burewala, she claimed.

The woman also told the DPO that the suspect was involved in kidney trade, as he had helped several people sell their kidneys to earn some bucks.

Speaking to Dawn, Sabir claimed he was feeling pain towards left of his chest after his operation in Rawalpindi. He said he felt excruciating pain a few days ago and went to a town hospital where he was shocked to learn that one of his kidneys had been removed.

Vehari DPO Malik Tassadaq Hayat ordered an inquiry into the incident and asked Burewala ASP Dr Masroor Alam to submit a report within seven days.

When contacted, SI Malik Imdad denied that the woman had ever visited the police station with the complaint of her son’s kidney removal. However, he said, the police had already conducted two raids at Chak 461-EB but found the suspect missing.

He said Sabir’s kidney was removed in a private health facility near Raja Bazaar in Rawalpindi of his own sweet will and the story of kidnap and forced kidney removal had been concocted. He said it was in fact the duty of the Rawalpindi police to go into the matter.

OTHER COMPLAINTS: Most of the complaints submitted to the DPO were against delay in registration of cases. The DPO asked the officials concerned to lodge cases instantly and do the needful.