KIDNEY RACKET - KIDNEY KINGPIN CAUGHT
THE FUGITIVE kidney racket kingpin, Amit Kumar, was arrested on Thursday from a guesthouse on the Nepalese side of the border with India, the day after Hiriditstan Times said in an exclusive, front-page report that he was hiding in Nepal.
Amit was reportedly arrested from a wildlife resort in the southern town of Souraha, which is 60 km from the border with India. He is understood to have checked into the resort with an accomplice on Thursday morning. Nepalese minister of state for home affairs, Ram Kumar Choudhury, confirmed the arrest. He told a TV news channel: "He was arrested at around 5 pm and is being brought to Kathmandu."
A top government source said in New Delhi, "We will have no problem bringing him back to India."
Amit has been on the run after the police raided his hospital in Gurgaon for running an international racket in kidney transplant. Investigators have said around 500 such operations were performed at this hospital.
Amit and his associates would dupe or force poor labourers from nearby areas into 'donating' their kidneys for rich recipients from all over the world. At the time of the raid, three Greek nationals were awaiting transplants.
Investigators have long suspected that Amit may have fled the country And possibly made his way to Nepal where he had business links. Amit had reportedly been staying at the wildlife resort in Chitwan for the last two days. Police sources said, "He was possibly trying to go back into India through Bihar"
Amit was accompanied by an accomplice, Manish Singh. Witnesses said he had asked for a copy of the Nepalese English daily Himalayan Times, which had reported on the kidney racket. He had cut out that article and returned the paper This behaviour was noticed by the staff. Soon afterward, a police team landed up at the resort, and the staff alerted them to the odd guest. The hat and sunglasses that Amit was reportedly wearing could not, ultimately, protect him.
The accomplice, Manish, escaped, however The police found a bank draft for 9,36,000 euros (Rs 5.34 crore) and a massive stash of $1,45,000 (Rs 57 lakh) in cash on him, as well as some Nepalese currency. He was arrested and taken to a town called Hetauda, from where he was to be brought to Kathmandu.
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Amit was reportedly arrested from a wildlife resort in the southern town of Souraha, which is 60 km from the border with India. He is understood to have checked into the resort with an accomplice on Thursday morning. Nepalese minister of state for home affairs, Ram Kumar Choudhury, confirmed the arrest. He told a TV news channel: "He was arrested at around 5 pm and is being brought to Kathmandu."
A top government source said in New Delhi, "We will have no problem bringing him back to India."
Amit has been on the run after the police raided his hospital in Gurgaon for running an international racket in kidney transplant. Investigators have said around 500 such operations were performed at this hospital.
Amit and his associates would dupe or force poor labourers from nearby areas into 'donating' their kidneys for rich recipients from all over the world. At the time of the raid, three Greek nationals were awaiting transplants.
Investigators have long suspected that Amit may have fled the country And possibly made his way to Nepal where he had business links. Amit had reportedly been staying at the wildlife resort in Chitwan for the last two days. Police sources said, "He was possibly trying to go back into India through Bihar"
Amit was accompanied by an accomplice, Manish Singh. Witnesses said he had asked for a copy of the Nepalese English daily Himalayan Times, which had reported on the kidney racket. He had cut out that article and returned the paper This behaviour was noticed by the staff. Soon afterward, a police team landed up at the resort, and the staff alerted them to the odd guest. The hat and sunglasses that Amit was reportedly wearing could not, ultimately, protect him.
The accomplice, Manish, escaped, however The police found a bank draft for 9,36,000 euros (Rs 5.34 crore) and a massive stash of $1,45,000 (Rs 57 lakh) in cash on him, as well as some Nepalese currency. He was arrested and taken to a town called Hetauda, from where he was to be brought to Kathmandu.
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