RAJ KUMAR
Ranchi, Dec.13: Amid controversy over the blood policy of the state government, police in the city today remained busy locating a broker who duped Rs 2000 in the name of providing a unit of blood from an attendant at state-run super specialty hospital, Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS).
An FIR against the broker Raju Ansari was registered yesterday midnight at Bariatu police station after he did not return with blood despite taking Rs 2000 as advance from Jokhu Bhuiyan, a resident of Bori village under Chainpur police station in Palamu district, whose daughter-in-law needed a blood transfusion after delivery and RIMS blood bank was not able to supply the blood.
“When Bhuiyan was worried about the arrangement of blood, Ansari, active at RIMS, offered the same for Rs 3000 per unit. Bhuiyan readily agreed and gave him Rs 2000 as advance. When he did not return, he informed a volunteer engaged in promoting blood donation. The volunteer highlighted the matter and finally, an FIR was registered in the matter on the direction of the Ranchi SSP. The volunteer also helped Bhuiyan in getting blood,” a police official at Bariau police station said.
A RIMS insider said that the lady had delivered a baby boy on December 3 at home. Due to excessive bleeding, she became senseless. His in-laws took her to the primary health centre, from where she was referred to RIMS. At RIMS the doctor advised blood transfusion and in course of arrangement of blood, such a situation arose.
A RIMS insider said Ansari was working as a ward boy. “Ansari was terminated from his service six months ago. After termination, he started dealing in blood. He used to bring paid donors. Apparently this time he failed to bring a donor and brought trouble for him,” the insider said.
Contacted broker Ansari, whom police officials claim to have booked, told Lagartar24.com that the entire matter has been managed.
“I have returned the money and the police also let me off. I would have definitely arranged blood but Bhuyian became impatient at 3.30pm and started making hue and cry,” Ansari said.
Asked why he delayed, Ansari said: “The assignment was illegal and it takes time to bring a donor who will pose as a relative of patients thus it took time.”
A RIMS insider said it is difficult to stop the practice. “We had nabbed a broker a month ago and handed over to the police but he can still be seen in the RIMS campus,” the insider said.
Officer-in-charge of Bariatu police station Sapan Kumar Mahatha and SP(city) Saurav could not be contacted for their comments.
