PHOTA Asks Police to Add Transplant-Law Charges in Rawalpindi Kidney Case

PHOTA wants formal control to enforce transplant-law penalties without out-of-court deals.

Overview

Chaklala police registered an FIR on October 4 under PPC sections 334, 337-R, 343 and 34 after a medico-legal report prompted action.
In a letter, PHOTA requested insertion of Sections 10, 11 and 12 of the Punjab Transplantation of Human Organs and Tissues Act 2012 along with PPC 109 for abetment.
The authority asked that a PHOTA officer be made the complainant to prevent compromises that can derail prosecutions, according to its legal official.
Police obtained four-day physical remand of two arrested suspects, Irfan Mushtaq and Amin alias Binyamin, as the investigation continues.
Complainant Zain Ali alleges he was lured for work, drugged with a drink and later discovered a deep abdominal cut and a missing left kidney, which doctors documented.