A local court on Friday extended the physical remand of the four accused, including two doctors, of illegally carrying out kidney transplant.
The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) produced the accused, Dr Altamash, Dr Fawad and their assistants—Umer Draz and Shahzad—before the Judicial Magistrate, Farooq-e-Azam.
The agency requested the court to extend the remand of the accused for 10 days for further interrogation.
Dr Altamash’s counsel pleaded that his client’s ear-drum had got damaged. He submitted that his client did not undergo any medical examination yet.
At this, the court ordered the FIA director to take legal action in this regard. The court also ordered the agency to get the accused medically examined, besides extending physical remand of the accused for another four days.
The FIA had registered a case against the accused under Human Organ Transplant Act. The suspects were arrested during a raid at a residence, when they were carrying out an illegal transplant, in a posh locality of the city a few days ago.
