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Kidney kingpin Dr Amit Kumar arrested in Nepal

Kidney racket kingpin Dr. Amit Kumar has been arrested on Thursday in Nepal, claims the Himalayan Times. He was nabbed in jungle resort close to Raxaul.

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KATHMANDU: Dr Amit Kumar, the alleged mastermind of India's biggest kidney transplant racket, on Thursday was arrested from a jungle resort, 60 km from Indo-Nepal border ending a fortnight long man-hunt for the doctor who is believed to have conducted over 500 illegal operations in a decade.
  
Kumar(40), wanted by police in Haryana and some other states, was nabbed from Hotel Wildlife Camp in Chitwan,160 kms from here at 5 PM, hours after he checked in with an associate identified as Manish Singh, Minister of State for Home Ramkumar Chaudhry said here.
  
The tainted doctor against whom an Interpol Red Corner Notice was issued after the massive racket with inter-state and international ramifications came to light on January 24 was being brought to the Nepalese capital for interrogation.

CBI Director Vijay Shankar said in Delhi that they would approach Nepalese authorities for handing him over to India.

Minister of State for Home Sriprakash Jaiswal hoped that the doctor will be quickly sent to India.

Kumar, who had checked into Room No.6 of the Hotel,60 km from Raxaul on the border, was sporting a cap and had noticed a news item about him in English daily 'Himalayan Times' which he had cut.
   
Suspicious over his action, the hotel receptionist is said to have tipped off the police about his presence and was picked up in a joint operation by Interpol's Nepal unit and local police.

The doctor was found with 1,45,000 dollars and a draft for 936 Euros in his possession.
 
Sources were quoted by the Nepalese media as saying that Dr Kumar and his Nepali associate Manish Singh checked into Room Number 6 of the Hotel Wildlife Camp around 10 am this morning under Singhs name.

Soon after checking in the duo asked to see a copy of "The Himalayan Times" which had front-paged a report on the kidney racket and about the presence of the main accused in Nepal.
 
The sources said that Dr Kumar cut out the story and returned the newspaper to the reception. Eyewitnesses who saw Dr Kumar said that he was sporting a hat and sunglasses.
 
They said a short while later a police team reached the hotel and began enquiring about the guests. The policemen showed the receptionist a picture of Dr Kumar and sought to know whether he was staying in the hotel.

Even as the receptionist made a positive identification, the Nepali associate of Dr Kumar, Manish Singh fled from the hotel.

The police team then rushed to the room and formally arrested Dr Kumar, who has been on the run ever since the kidney racket was busted on January 24. He apparently did not resist when he was being handcuffed, sources said.
 
The Indian Embassy officials here in Kathmandu said that in normal course the Nepali authorities have to inform the mission about the arrest of any Indian national. "We are yet to receive any information", initial reports quoting officials said.

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