Hafizabad: Prime suspect involved in bone marrow scandal arrested
Suspect Sajid used to buy bone marrow from the gang.
HAFIZABAD (Dunya News) – Police officers on Tuesday have arrested prime suspect involved in Hafizabad bone marrow scandal.
Suspect Sajid used to buy bone marrow from the gang that was detained during raid on Monday.
On the other hand, Nadeem, Aslam among five others are in jail on judicial remand.
Earlier, suspect Amna bibi said that her gang used to trick females and take their blood samples for the extraction of bone marrow, adding that approximately 90 women have been affected by this crime so far.
Police sources told that the gang had pretended to be officials from government who wanted their spinal fluid for medical research purposes. They offered the victim’s father monthly fee in exchange.
It was indicated that spinal fluid helps diagnose diseases. Police suspect that the spinal fluid may have been gathered to sell to homeopaths. It is still unclear whether the bone marrow or spinal fluid was extracted, but a medical superintendent at Hafizabad hospital clarified on his behalf that the the injection was made for the purposes of the extraction of spinal fluid.
The officers said that suspect Nadeem deceived the people by showing himself as an employee of district headquarters hospital.
