Police busted Blood adulteration racket

Hyderabad June 25: Nowadays, there are so many illegal rackets has been running in the state, here the different case that, they are selling the blood bank with consumption of saline, the tragedy has occurred in Hyderabad here on Saturday.

The incident came to light after Rachakonda Special Operations Team (SOT) busted a racket after raiding Venus Blood Bank here following a complaint lodged by the relatives of the accident victim. The samples of the blood would be sent to Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) for analysis, police said.

According to police, one Narasimha Reddy met with an accident three days ago and was admitted to a private hospital in Byramulguda. The doctors suggested that the patient needs blood and asked his family to procure blood. Narasimha Reddy’s relatives after visiting nearby blood banks were suggested to go to Venus Hospital Blood Bank.



They purchased two units of blood for3,000 a unit from Venus Blood Bank. When doctors checked the blood before transfusion, they found it was mixed with normal saline,” Rachakonda police said.

Shocked over this, the family approached the police and lodged a complaint. The SOT police seized five packets of white blood cells, seven bottles of saline, records, and registers.

Cases were registered under IPC Section 420 (Cheating), 308 (Attempt to commit culpable homicide), 269 ( Negligent act likely to spread infection of disease dangerous to life) against them and investigation is underway. Drug Inspectors from Telangana Drug Control Association (DCA) are also investigating the case.