LAHORE: Three people, including a doctor and a patient, were arrested for being involved in illegal kidney transplantation process, police said.

According to the authorities, Dr Khalid Mahmood and patient Rehmat Ali, a resident of Okara were arrested.  The doctors had illegally transplanted Ali's kidney(s) and he is under treatment at Sheikh Zayed Hospital.

A case was filed under the name of the director of the Human Organs Transplant Authority (HOTA).