Kolkata/IBNS, Feb. 11 -- A school teacher's arrest in West Bengal's Nadia district after facilitating his deceased mother's eye donation has triggered widespread outrage, with activists warning that the police action could severely damage the state's long-running cornea donation awareness movement.

Amir Chand Sheikh, a Krishnanagar-based school teacher and social worker, was arrested along with five family members following allegations that they had sold his mother's corneas.

However, multiple organisations and officials have confirmed that the donation was carried out legally, based on the deceased woman's formal pledge.

The state-run Murshidabad Medical College and Hospital Eye Bank on Tuesday officially confirmed that it had receive...