Click to play videoNew Delhi: Dr Jeevan Kumar, brother of alleged kidney transplant racket mastermind Dr Amit Kumar has been remanded to CBI custody till February 29.
CBI has claimed that Dr Jeevan has been involved in pre-operation management and financial management for all the alleged illegal surgeries.
The CBI has asked the enforcement directorate to investigate his Hawala transactions if any, as well as foreign transactions, especially payments received from foreign clients.
The money trail should help CBI track those who received kidneys as well as any middlemen involved.
The CBI maintains that it will go after all those involved in the kidney racket, both within and outside India. The CBI director has said that the CBI is looking into all aspects of the case. “CBI will not leave any loophole in the case,: adds he.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested Jeevan, an alleged key aide to Amit, from near its headquarters on Lodhi Road on Sunday.
Jeevan was absconding since January 24 when the racket was busted in Gurgaon. The Interpol had issued a Red Corner notice against him and Amit, who was arrested on February 7 from a forest retreat in Nepal.
Jeevan Kumar will be used to determine where all the money procured from this business has been stashed and will also help to identify the other locations which could have been used for the illegal transplants.
The brothers are accused of conducting about 500 illegal kidney transplants. They allegedly served an international clientele and duped impoverished labourers in India of their kidneys for paltry sums of money. The brothers carried out transplants despite not being qualified surgeons
Their racket was spread across India and they allegedly served clients from Britain, US, Greece, Lebanon, Canada, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates
Jeevan allegedly helped Amit escape from the country and with his arrest the authorities claim to have detained all the four key accused in the multi-crore racket: the brothers, Dr Upendra Aggarwal and Dr Saraj Kovid.
Saraj surrendered before a Gurgaon court on February 8 and Aggarwal was arrested on January 24 itself.
Jeevan’s wife Pooja Singhal is in judicial custody for allegedly helping him to escape the police.
The CBI is also interrogating Linda, a nurse and an associate of Amit Kumar. Linda has been in detention since her arrest January 31. Linda worked at the state-run Ram Manohar Lohia hospital in Delhi.
A resident of Manipur, Linda worked for Amit Kumar alias Santosh Rameshwar Raut for over a year before taking up a job in the government hospital here in 2006.
She continued to work part time for Amit, who operated the global organ transplant racket. It was said Linda was paid Rs.25,000-Rs.30,000 a month while working with Amit.
(With IANS and PTI)
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