A Woman in India has had her husband and brother-in-law arrested after she told police they stole one of her kidneys after her family was unable to provide a dowry.<\/p>\n
Rita Sarkar from West Bengal alleges that her husband had frequently made demands for a dowry and then arranged surgery when she was suffering stomach pain two year ago.<\/p>\n
The payment of dowries – traditionally paid from a bride’s family to a husband’s – has been banned in India since 1961.<\/p>\n
Speaking to Indian media, the alleged victim, Rita Sarkar, said she had been the victim of domestic abuse over the dowry issue for many years.<\/p>\n
“My husband took me to a private nursing home in Kolkata, where he and the medical staff told me that I would be fine after removing my inflamed appendix through surgery,” the Hindustan Times quoted her as saying.<\/p>\n
My husband warned me not to disclose the surgery in Kolkata to anyone.”<\/p>\n
Months later, she was feeling unwell and taken to a doctor by members of her family. Scans then revealed her right kidney was missing, she said. A second medical exam confirmed the diagnosis.<\/p>\n
“I then understood why my husband implored me to keep quiet about the surgery,” she told the Hindustan Times.<\/p>\n
“He sold my kidney because my family couldn’t meet his demand for dowry.”<\/p>\n
The Telegraph India newspaper quoted police inspector Udayshankar Ghosh as saying: “We suspect the involvement of a racket.”<\/p>\n
“A case was registered under provisions of the Transplantation of Human Organs and Tissues Act. We have also charged three persons with attempt to murder and bride torture.”<\/p>\n
Late in 2017, two separate medical examinations revealed she was in fact missing one of her kidneys.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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