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NEW DELHI - THE suspected accomplice of an Indian doctor arrested over a massive illegal kidney transplant racket surrendered to police on Monday, officials said.
Saraj Kumar was one of several people wanted for helping Amit Kumar, who was arrested in Nepal last week. The suspect 'surrendered to the Gurgaon police Monday afternoon,' said a Delhi police official who wished to remain anonymous.
He is due to be produced in court in Gurgaon, a wealthy New Delhi suburb, on Tuesday where investigators will seek an extension of custody, the officer said.
Meanwhile, officers of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) continued questioning Amit Kumar for the third successive day on Monday, a spokesman for the agency said.
Mr Kumar, the subject of an Interpol alert, was nabbed by Nepalese police at a hotel in the country's south on Thursday.
He was flown to New Delhi late Saturday.
Dubbed 'Doctor Kidney' or 'Doctor Horror' by the Indian press, Mr Kumar allegedly lured or forced hundreds of poor into giving up their kidneys.
He made millions of dollars by selling the organs to wealthy Indians and foreigners for transplants, police believe.
The CBI has charged him with causing grievous hurt with a weapon, wrongful confinement and fraud, the spokesman said. According to the Press Trust of India, he faces up to 10 years behind bars.
Under Indian law, live kidney transplants are allowed only if the organ is donated by a blood relative or spouse, or if there is a swap agreement between two needy families.
All transplants must be cleared by the government. -- AFP
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