MORADABAD (UP): Amit Kumar alias Santosh Raut, the absconding kingpin of the kidney transplant racket, may have undergone a plastic surgery in Nepal, police said.
“We suspect Amit has undergone a plastic surgery in Nepal to evade arrest. Possibilities of his whereabouts are being verified,” a senior police officer said.
His clandestine transplant racket, which served Britain, the US, Greece, Lebanon, Canada, Saudi Arabia and Dubai, was busted by Delhi and Haryana police in Gurgaon on January 24.
Uttar Pradesh and Haryana police have continued searches at possible hideouts of Amit and other accused in the racket in Delhi, Gurgaon, Jaipur and Jammu and Kashmir.
Police say Amit and other quacks in his group performed at least 600 illicit kidney transplants over the past decade for profits running into billions of rupees.
On Saturday, they revealed Amit had connections with underworld as well as politicians. They said mobster Chhota Shakil had once threatened him, demanding extortion money, and he had links with a Haryana MP.
‘Doctor Horror’ Amit also acted in at least three B-grade movies and financed several such films. Police said he had invested a large amount in several hospitals in Nepal and the Middle East and is suspected to have escaped to Canada through Nepal. His family has been living in Canada.
