Hyderabad, Aug. 23 -- The Telangana Crime Investigation Department (CID) has arrested another key accused in the inter-state human organ trafficking case linked to illegal kidney transplantations in Hyderabad, said a press release from Hyderabad police.

According to officials, an anesthesiologist from Vishakhapatnam, was apprehended at Eluru, Andhra Pradesh, by a special CID team and produced before the L B Nagar Magistrate, Hyderabad, for judicial remand.

The case, first reported at a Multi Speciality Hospital, Kothapet, Saroornagar, came to light following a complaint from the Deputy DM&HO, Ranga Reddy district. Initially registered at Saroornagar Police Station under provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and the Transplanta...