Runaway kidney doctor being tracked in Canada

Australian News.Net
Wednesday 30th January, 2008

Interpol's Canada unit has been in touch with its Indian counterpart to catch Amit Kumar, the alleged mastermind behind a multi-million dollar kidney racket in India.

Interpol believe Kumar may have entered Canada illegally.

Amit Kumar, who is being hunted worldwide, is reported to have slipped out of India through the porous Nepal border and then taken a flight to Canada.

Indian police sources say Kumar could have fled to Canada just before last week's raid at his house, from where he conducted his operations in Gurgaon.

The sources also say that the Indian doctor was partly directing his global organ transplant scam from an unknown location in Canada where his family is living.

The kidney scam came to light on Jan 24th when police raided a private clinic in Gurgaon after a tip-off by a victim.

About 600 poor donors are said to have been lured into giving their organs to donors, including foreigners, for a price.

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