Nepal hands over kidney kingpin to India

According to TV reports, the prime accused in the kidney transplant racket, who had been nabbed from a jungle lodge in Nepal, has been handed over to India.

NEW DELHI: According to TV reports, the prime accused in the kidney transplant racket, who had been nabbed from a jungle lodge in Nepal, has been handed over to India.

Amit Kumar, the doctor accused of running India's biggest kidney racket, has been handed over by Nepal to Indian authorities, according to Times Now . He is expected to reach India shortly.

On Friday, CBI took up the matter of Kumar's handing over with Nepalese government through the Indian Embassy in Kathmandu, External Affairs Ministry spokesman Navtej Sarna said.

Kumar was arrested in Nepal by the local police from a jungle resort at Chitwan near the Indian border on Thursday after a two-week international hunt.
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