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'Dr Amit was winding up business'
31 Jan 2008, 0332 hrs IST
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MORADABAD: Did the main accused in the kidney scam, Dr Amit Kumar, get wind of the fact that he was on the police radar much before the raid on his premises in Gurgaon? The kingpin's accomplice, Dr Upender Kumar Aggarwal, told the Moradabad police on Wednesday that Amit had decided to flee to Nepal at least a week before the raids. A police source confirmed to Times City that Upender had said Amit was scheduled to leave for Nepal on January 25. He had even asked his brother, Jeevan, to wind up the operations soon and get out of Gurgaon. Upender, who was remanded to police custody on Tuesday, was questioned for several hours by Moradabad police at Kotwali police station on Wednesday. Senior superintendent of police Prem Prakash admitted that Amit was scheduled to leave for Nepal on January 25. "This is a new disclosure made by Upender before us and we are taking it very seriously. We are trying to ascertain why he wanted to leave for Nepal on January 25. It seems he had told all his aides that it was time to get out of that place," said Prakash. According to Upender, Amit had told his associates that he was not likely to return for a long time. According to the police, Amit probably knew that it was only a matter of time before the police came and this made him take the decision. "As we see it, he was an influential man and must have had contacts in the local police. He may have bought some time with them to make his escape. What he may not have imagined even in his dreams is that he would be raided by the Moradabad police at the last minute," said a senior police officer. Amit's premises were raided on January 24 by the Moradabad police. The operation had not been disclosed to the Gurgaon police till the last minute. Meanwhile, Upender admitted before the Moradabad police again on Wednesday that many of the donors and recipients were examined by doctors in three top hospitals of Delhi before the transplant. "He, however, said it was Amit who had links in these hospitals and that he only followed Amit's instructions. He said he had no idea whether or not there was any criminal intent on the part of the hospital staff," said a police officer. Upender, in fact, maintained all along during his nine-hour interrogation that Amit Kumar was the brain behind the racket. He told the police that he was just a small-time physician who listened to Amit because he paid him good money. The police also got Upender medically examined on Wednesday and found that he was a diabetic as well as a heart patient. Prakash again said on Wednesday that permission has been sought from court for narco analysis of Upender. sachin.parashar@timesgroup.com |