In another breakthrough regarding the international kidney racket allegedly operating from a hospital in Doiwala, the Special Investigation Team (SIT) has arrested two more accused identified as Arun Kumar Pandey, native of Allahabad, currently living in Nehru Colony and Dr Ashok Tyagi, resident of Doiwala, on Friday.
In course of interrogation Arun Kumar is said to have revealed that he was the director of Uttaranchal Dental College with his father being the managing director of the same. The college secured approval in 2006 and the college is having a permit issued by DOI. He had run the hospital till 2012 after which he had handed it over to Global Health on lease for Rs 5 lakh per year as part of a contract. Dr Ashok Tyagi and Dr Amit visiting the hospital from time to time, Arun Kumar had asked Dr Amit about what was going on in the hospital. Following this, Dr Amit stopped him from doing kidney transplant. He further confessed to having received Rs 12 lakh from Dr Amit for kidney transplant.
Another accused Akshok Tyagi informed the police that he had received Rs 1.5 lakh from Dr Amit for some favours he did to him. After learning that illegal kidney transplant was being done there in January 2017, he had asked Dr Amit to stop the illegal practice. However, he was paid Rs 1 lakh by Dr Amit following which he became silent, as per his confession to police during interrogation.