KATHMANDU, Aug 11: Prakash Nepali (name changed) from Belkot, Nuwakot, went to India hoping to earn good money. But instead of work, he was drugged and had a kidney removed before being sent back to Nepal.
According to the incident details, last December, Samir Pariyar from Nuwakot deceived Prakash by promising him a job in India. Prakash, who had never earned decent money doing daily wage labor in Nepal, trusted Samir’s words and followed his instructions to travel to Delhi, India.
Upon arrival in Delhi, the people who received him gave him alcohol to drink. He did not realize anything wrong when drinking the first glass, but after the second glass, he lost consciousness. When he regained awareness, his right flank was hurting badly.
When he asked nearby people, they told him he had an intestinal blockage and had undergone surgery. Prakash simply believed their explanation without suspicion.
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After nearly a month of rest, he was sent by train to the border. Samir himself escorted him to the Nepal-India border at Sunauli and left him at Kalanki, Kathmandu. How Samir was contacted or how he reached Sunauli is unknown to Pariyar.
When Prakash returned to Nepal and sought medical treatment, he found out that his kidney had been removed. He still suffers from pain while urinating and aching in his flank.
Samir Pariyar can no longer work as before. After learning that Samir Nepali was arrested for trafficking him to India, Prakash and his family filed a complaint on Monday at the Human Trafficking Investigation Bureau. Pariyar’s family includes his wife and two children. Relatives say that because Prakash’s health deteriorated from daily wage labor, he is suffering even more.
After police contacted them, a couple from Kavre, who had sold their kidney under Samir Nepali’s promise about a year ago, also visited the Human Trafficking Bureau. They had received Rs 1.3 million from selling their kidney. Samir had falsely told them that he had donated his own kidney and convinced them to sell theirs. The couple said they were forced to sell their kidney due to financial hardship at home.
Police say this inducement also falls under human trafficking and the couple is preparing to file a complaint.
Apart from these three victims, by Monday the Bureau had established contact with five more kidney trafficking victims including youths from Sindhuli. More victims are expected to come forward and police suspect more members of the trafficking gang may be involved.
By Friday, police arrested three gang members involved in kidney trafficking: 24-year-old Samir Nepali and 47-year-old Rakesh Pariyar from Nuwakot, and Rajkumar Nepali from Kavre.
According to Inspector Krishna Prasad Pangeni of the Human Trafficking Investigation Bureau, the arrested individuals will face up to ten years in prison under the human trafficking law. The Bureau estimates the gang may have trafficked kidneys from over 50 victims. The investigation continues as more victims come forward.
*Name changed to protect identity.
