Shihab Hossain, 24, of Raghobpur village in Kalai, Joypurhat, alleged that he escaped from a private hospital in Pakistan after being taken there on the promise of overseas employment and prepared for kidney removal. He accused his parents, a broker named Tarek Haji and others of arranging the plan. Shihab said he travelled from Dhaka to Pakistan on July 22 and returned to Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on July 31.

According to his written complaint, hospital staff told him that his parents had agreed to sell one of his kidneys for Tk600,000 and had received Tk300,000 in advance. He said he had not known of any such arrangement, objected after learning about it and was held while preparations were made for surgery. He alleged that he later escaped with another person's assistance.

Shihab said Kalai police did not accept his written complaint, while the station officer said nobody had come to report such an incident. His parents denied the allegation, saying they had contacted intermediaries to bring him home after he went missing and that he was making false claims. Joypurhat police superintendent Shahnaz Begum said the allegation would be examined and legal action is being taken against organ-trafficking brokers.