Lucknow: Six people were arrested after a fake blood racket was busted by the Lucknow police on Saturday. The police suspect that blood from animals could have been mixed with human blood.
The packets of blood were never tested for HIV and could be adulterated. The gang was supplying these packets for the last one year to the entire city.
Those desperate for blood were charged Rs 1400 for every unit. And what's worrying is that this blood has been sold to more than one lakh people in the city.
About 80 packets of blood and plasma were recovered by the police. These packets have also been stamped by the seal of the medical college, raising suspicions that even doctors could be involved in this racket.
"We have been doing this business since 2005," said Deepak Pandey, one of the accused.
"The fact that some white collar people are involved in the misdeed. We are investigating," said Paresh Pandey, SP City.
The police have sent these samples for testing to verify if the blood is indeed adulterated. But what's perhaps most worrying is that much of it is still available in the markets waiting to be bought.