By IANS
Gurgaon/New Delhi : After eluding the police for over two weeks, Saraj Kumar, an anaesthetist and key aide of kidney racket mastermind Amit Kumar, surrendered before a Gurgaon court Monday.
Meanwhile, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), which formally took over the case Friday, searched Amit Kumar’s nursing home and guest house in Gurgaon Monday.
Saraj Kumar, a Delhi doctor, surrendered before Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Ranjana Aggarwal Monday afternoon, the police said.
“He told the judge he was innocent and had done nothing wrong. He was sent to judicial custody for a day. He will be produced before the judge Tuesday,” a senior police official said. The CBI said it would seek Saraj Kumar’s custody Tuesday.
The CBI Monday conducted raids at six places in Gurgaon.
“We have conducted raids at six places, including at Amit Kumar’s nursing home and guest house in Gurgaon,” a CBI official told IANS. He said that seven teams comprising forensic experts have been constituted for the investigations.
The CBI teams are also looking for Jeewan Kumar, brother of Amit Kumar. Jeewan is suspected to be hiding in Nepal.
Saraj was missing since Jan 24 when Haryana and Uttar Pradesh police in a joint raid on Amit Kumar’s private hospital and guest house in Gurgaon busted the multi-million-rupee kidney racket.
At that time, only Upendra Aggarwal, another associate of Amit Kumar, was nabbed.
Amit Kumar alias Santosh Rameshwar Raut was arrested from a hotel in Nepal near the Indian border on Thursday and handed over to Indian authorities on Saturday. On Sunday, the CBI produced him before a Delhi magistrate and he was sent to custody till Feb 22.
Earlier, the elite agency got the custody of doctor Upendra Aggarwal, a key accomplice of the kidney kingpin.
He was arrested on Jan 24 when the racket having international ramifications was unearthed. Upendra will be brought face to face with Amit Kumar, 43, an ayurvedic doctor.
Amit and his accomplices had performed at least 500-600 illicit kidney transplants by removing the kidneys of poor people, either at their will or through coercion.