Dr Amit Kumar, Kidney Racket kingpin arrested in Nepal

Dr Amit Kumar, the alleged mastermind of India's biggest kidney transplant racket, was on Thursday arrested from a jungle resort, 60 km from Indo-Nepal border.

The doctor who is believed to have conducted over 500 illegal operations in a decade, wanted by police in Haryana state of India and some other states, was nabbed from Hotel Wildlife Camp in Chitwan, 160 kms from here at 5 PM, hours.

Dr Amit has owned up that he performed around 300-400 kidney transplants with a 4-doctor team. The racket had been going on for six to seven years. The victims used to be brought with the lure of giving them jobs but their kidneys used to be removed. They were being given up to Rs 1 lakh for kidney removal. The kidneys were being sold at prices ranging from Rs 1 to 1.5 million.

The doctor was found with 1,45,000 dollars and a draft for 936 Euros in his possession. the doctor allegedly offered Rs 20 lakh as bribe to the Nepal police in lieu of freedom.