Amit, the kingpin of kidney racket nabbed in Nepal

The mastermind behind the Kidney racket Amit Kumar could not hid himself for long and the kingpin is nabbed by Nepal police from a forest resort in Sauraha near Chitwan National Park on Thursday.

In a filmy style Amit Kumar along with his Nepalese friend checked into room number 6 of Hotel Wildlife Camp and asked for a copy of The Himalayan Times , which carried a report on the kidney scam on its front page.

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It is reported that Amit returned the copy after cutting out the story from the page before returning the paper to the hotel staff.

But after sometime Kathmandu police plunge in the hotel and arrested the kingpin and kept him under detention at Hatauda, he will be brought to Kathmandu on Friday.

Allegedly after the kidney racket came to light on January 24, the mastermind after dodging the police went out to a hide out spree. Six of his aides were arrested in the case till now.

After Indian government request, Interpol issued a Red Corner Notice against Dr. Amit and his brother Jeevan on February 1 after this multi crore kidney scam came to light.

While Indian counterpart CBI has been told by the Interpol about the arrest of the Dr Amit, and India is trying to approach Nepal 's authorities to get back Amit in India .

It is believed that Amit along with his brother and friends have operated 500 kidney transplantation in which many innocent labourers lost their kidney in lure of money and job.

Extradition Treaty with Nepal

It is good for India that both the countries share an extradition treaty under which Indian government can demand the handover of the criminal. As per the international agreement, India has already started the extradition proceedings as soon as Nepal authority confirmed the news.

Meanwhile, Nepal police has to first check if Amit Kumar is wanted in Nepal in connection with any crime or not before handing him over to India .

Organ Trade in India

Though the trade of organ is banned in India but the recent case has brought the high level racket involved with international market. The connection so far revealed has indicated that people sell their kidney other organs to wealthy Indian and foreigners, waiting for transplant.

It is also reported that these doctors with a strong network lured poor labourers in North and other parts of India and bribed them into selling their kidneys for sums as low as 15-20,000. The January raid in Gurgaon have so far arrested many people in connection and official believes that Amit's arrest can reveal much more in terms of the international players involved.