Haryana Police said they did not rule out the possibility of the alleged mastermind of the kidney racket, Dr Amit Kumar, having fled the country.
GURGAON/ MORADABAD:Amidst indications that the mastermind of the inter-state kidney racket Amit Kumar has fled the country, police from Uttar Pradesh and Haryana on Sunday conducted raids in Moradabad and Gurgaon but drew a blank even as police forces of the two states were locked in a blame-game as to who helped him escape.
UP police conducted the raids at various places in Moradabad city but SSP Prem Prakash declined to give details.
Gurgaon Police Commissioner Mohinder Lal said police raided a "guest house" which was used by Kumar as a "complete hospital" and seized some "valuable documents" and equipment and sealed another in Ballabhgarh as part of its probe into
the kidney racket.
The documents gave a clue about the patients who were treated by Kumar here, he said.
Lal said the premises had operation theatre, laboratory and all other equipment need to treat kidney patients.
He did not rule out the possibility of Kumar's going out of the country by using his "contacts".
"We are not ruling out the possibility that he may have escaped abroad by using his contacts. However, he will not be able to escape the legal channels," Lal said.
He said the police was coordinating with various agencies to catch Kumar.
"We are not going to let him have an easy run for long. A man accused of being involved in 500 illegal transplants will not be allowed to go scotfree and we will track him down soon," Lal said.
Five foreign tourists, who had allegedly come for kidney transplants were found in Kumar's "luxury guest house" on Saturday, he said.
Lal said Kumar owns two hospitals in Gurgaon under the banner of Liberty Health Care Pvt Ltd, located about five km apart, both of which were raided on Saturday.
The Police Commissioner said police are preparing a database about the previous record of Dr Amit Kumar which will throw light about his alleged illegal activities.
Moradabad ASP Manjul Saini said since Kumar could not be traced despite the raids "it appears that he got prior information. It appears some people are hand in glove....information is leaked from somewhere".
Mohinder Lal refuted charges reportedly made by Uttar Pradesh police that Haryana police might have leaked the information that UP police was about to raid two residential premises-cum-hospital of Kumar in Gurgaon.
He said the UP police team headed by Saini had first raided the premises and then informed Gurgaon police about the kidney racket.
"If it is assumed that Dr Amit got the information about the raids, it was not leaked from Gurgaon and rather it must have been leaked from UP itself as Gurgaon police was not aware of Kumar's activities before the raid", Lal said.
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