Dehradun

Doon police nabs another accused in Kidney scam

PNS

In another breakthrough in the inter-State kidney racket allegedly operating from a hospital in Doiwala, the Special Investigation Team has arrested another accused Rajiv Choudhary, resident of Uttar Pradesh from Raiwala on Monday. The police recovered a car, computer, DAV rider and some documents from his possession. Police said that while acting on an input, they arrested Choudhary from Hari Kala near Dev Sanskriti University gate. Investigation further revealed that Choudhary was  leaving the State on Monday. As per the police sources, he was born in an affluent family with his father being a BDO. He had done BSc Agriculture and MA Economics. He got married to Sneha in 1998 and got a divorce in 2000. He got married to another named Archana in 2004. They were divorced too in 2013. He again married in 2014 a divorcee named Anupama. Anupama, who is another accused of the case, was arrested on Sunday. He secured tender for underground cable in 1999 and later became a property dealer in Haridwar. later, he started his business in mining along with property dealing in Haridwar. In 2005, he got in touch with Dr Amit through his friend Abbas who is currently living in Dubai. He facilitated his wife Anupama to become a manager in Naturewila. later, Anupama got in touch with Uttaranchal Dental College chairperson Pandey. In 2016, Dr Amit asked Rajiv Choudhary to open a hospital in Dehradun. Choudhary helped Dr Amit secure a building of Gangotri Charitable Hospital, laltappar, on lease from July 2016 through Pandey. Along with Dr Amit, Choudhary started operating the hospital and earning huge amounts of money. He also involved his wife to run canteen at the hospital. He was instrumental in bringing receivers and donors of kidneys at the hospital. Police are probing Choudhary’s criminal history and also are assesing movable and immovable assets he possesses. Eight persons — Jagdish Kumar, Anupama Choudhary, Abhishek Sharma, Rajiv Choudhary, Dr Amit Kumar, Dr Jeevan, nurse Sarla and driver Pradeep alias Billu- have been arrested so far in connection with the kidney racket that was busted on September 11. Some more including Dr Akshay Kumar, Dr Sanjay Das and Chandna Gudiya, are still on run.