By NNN-PTI
Kathmandu : Nepalese police said they would lodge three cases against Dr Amit Kumar, the alleged mastermind of the illegal kidney transplant racket who was arrested from a jungle resort in the Himalayan country.
The first case against the tainted doctor would be for possession of illegal foreign currency as police recovered from him Euro 145,000, USD 18,900 and an Indian bank draft of Rs 936,000 when he was arrested Thursday, Kathmandu SSP Upendra Kanta Aryal said at a crowded press conference on Friday.
The other two cases are related to the Red Corner Notice issued against him by the Interpol and illegal human organ transplants under the Nepalese Act 2055, police said, adding they were also investigating whether Kumar carried out any kidney transplants in Nepal.
Under the human organs transplant case, he can get a maximum sentence of five years or Rs 5 lakh as fine, or both, if convicted, police said, adding he faces up to four years in jail over the foreign currency possession.
He had arrived in Nepal in connection with a project to build a hospital, according to police. His accomplices in Nepal were identified as Ramesh Thapa, Bishnu Khatri, Giri Dai, Heera Pun, Baburam, Sher Bahadur and Pankaj Jha.