One of the arrested is a certified radiological analyst, while the other is an anaesthesia technician.
Telangana Police arrested two for conducting fingerprint-changing surgeries in Hyderabad. (Supplied)
Telangana Police on Thursday, 1 September, arrested two persons for their alleged involvement in illegal fingerprint-changing surgery to send people to Kuwait for jobs.
“Two people were arrested from a hotel in Hyderabad. We have also arrested two more persons, who were deported from Kuwait and had gone through the fingerprint-changing surgery for re-entry,” a senior police officer deployed at Rachakonda told South First.
The two arrested for allegedly performing fingerprint-changing surgery have been identified as Gajjalakondugari Naga Muneswar Reddy and Sagabala Venkat Ramana.
“Both the arrested are residents of Kadapa district in Andhra Pradesh,” the officer said.
According to the officer, Reddy is a certified radiological analyst in Tirupati and Ramana is an anaesthesia technician.
Police said they recovered eight pairs of surgical gloves, three tubes of Cipladine Ointment (20 grams each), 20 anti-biotic tablets, three surgical tapes, 14 surgical blades, two tubes of Lignocaine hydrochloride gel (local anaesthesia), Lignocaine hydrochloride injection, surgical threads, surgical swabs, syringes, sodium chloride solution, scissors, Bectodine solution, and four mobile phones.
“Ramana learnt about the fingerprint-changing surgery from people who earlier used to work in Kuwait and were deported back to India for illegal stay,” the officer said.
He said Ramana explained the procedure to Reddy and both began operating on people to earn easy money.
“They used to charge ₹25,000 for each fingerprint-changing surgery,” the officer added.
According to the police, the duo used to cut the upper layers of the fingertip and remove the tissues using various surgical equipment.
“The wound due to operations usually healed in two months and there was a slight change in the fingerprint patterns. The new patterns lasted for a year,” the officer said.
The officer added that people who went through the surgery updated their fingerprints at Aadhar centres and travelled to Kuwait on a fresh visa.
The two are learnt to have operated on at least 11 people.
May 11, 2024
May 11, 2024
May 10, 2024
May 10, 2024
May 10, 2024
May 10, 2024
