By IANS
Faridabad (Haryana) : The police Thursday filed a case against Upendra Aggarwal, who has been arrested for his involvement in the multi-billion-rupee kidney transplant racket, and began probing the deaths of three Turkish nationals in his nursing home here.
Upendra’s manager Jaswant was arrested from his Shri Ram Nursing hospital in Ballabhgarh of Faridabad in Haryana, adjoining Delhi.
“We have registered a case and are investigating,” a senior police official said.
The three Turkish nationals – Mehmet Bayzit, 55, Ishmat Gurmer, 62, and Ahmet Yalidiram, 65 – had died under mysterious circumstances at the Shri Ram Nursing hospital in 2003, 2005 and 2005, respectively.
Upendra at that time had claimed that they all died of cardiac arrest within hours of being admitted to his hospital.
In 2006, the Turkish embassy in India took up the matter with the external affairs ministry, which asked the Haryana government to conduct a medical enquiry.
A team of two doctors probed the deaths and found medical negligence and irregularities, and also noted that no post-mortem examinations of the deceased were conducted.
In its report, the team suggested a vigilance probe against the doctor and his hospital, but the case was later hushed up.
Upendra’s driver Harpal, who was arrested by the Gurgaon police for his involvement in the kidney scam that came to light last month, spoke during his interrogation about the deaths of the three Turkish nationals.
Harpal was Wednesday sent to 14-day judicial custody.
The kidney transplants racket, which served international clients from Britain, the US, Greece, Lebanon, Canada, Saudi Arabia and Dubai, was busted by the police forces of Haryana and Uttar Pradesh Jan 24 in Gurgaon, an emerging IT hub on the outskirts of the Indian capital.
The Moradabad police then arrested Upendra, an associate of Amit Kumar, the alleged kingpin of the racket. Amit alias Santosh Rameshwar Raut and his brother Jeewan and their assistant Saraj Kumar have been absconding.
Amit was believed to be in Nepal or Canada.