Uttarakhand faces extended delay in appointing full-time DGP
Currently, the state police force is led by Acting DGP Abhinav Kumar, who is not included in the UPSC panel.
Dr Amit Kumar and two other associates were arrested from a hotel in Haryana, on the charges of running a kidney racket scam from a charitable hospital in Haridwar, on Friday.
The accused were making efforts to flee to Katmandu (Nepal). They produced before the media in Dehradun on Saturday.
Billu, involved in managing the hospital, was arrested by a police team in Haridwar and now efforts are being made to get hold of others involved in the scam.
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The Dehradun police had recently issued a look out notice against Dr Amit Gupta from Mumbai, Dr Akshay Kumar, Dr Sanjay Das (both from Bihar), Sushma Kumari from Uttar Pradesh, Chandan Gudiya from West Bengal and Jagdesh Bhai from Gujarat.
Dehradun’s Senior Superintendent of Police Nivedita Kukreti said, “We interrogated the accused persons and they told us that they had many foreign clients. Amit Gupta and two others were arrested from Pallavi hotel in Panchkula. While Billu, who was working in the hospital, was nabbed from Raipur.”
The location of the Gangotri Hospital- located close to Dehradun, Rishikesh and Haridwar- helped the dubious medical institute flourish. As it was situated on the outskirts of the city, the work was executed silently.
The hospital had network of agents in different parts of India. The Gangotri Hospital used to take responsibility of bearing the travel charges (both ways) of the donor. Some donors were even provided air service.
Police cases are registered against Amit Kumar in cities like Mumbai, Anand and Guntur. He was even booked by CBI and ED. A Mercedes car, a BMW, a Ford Figo, cash worth Rs 33.73 Lakh, laptop and mobile phones were recovered from the arrested persons.
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