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Police Bust Doctor Heading Kidney Racket

Posted Feb 8, 08 9:58 AM CST in Science & Health,  World 

(Newser) – An Indian doctor hiding out in the jungles of Nepal has been arrested, accused of heading the country's largest organ transplant racket. Hundreds of poor workers were hoodwinked into selling their kidneys, which Amit Kumar then offered to rich clients in India and abroad seeking a transplant. The doctor will be extradited to India, where he operates an illegal clinic, writes the Hindu.

Spotted by a hotel receptionist after a 2-week manhunt, the doctor told reporters he was falsely accused. "I am not running away, I am defending myself," Kumar said. At the clinic, more than 300 donors were allegedly paid up to $2,500 for their kidneys, while patients paid three to four times that to jump the transplant line. 

Sources Hindu (India), BBC

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India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party leader Vijay Goel shouts anti-Haryana state government slogans along with others during a demonstration against an illegal kidney transplant racket, in New...   (Associated Press)
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