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Kidney racket: Personal assistant of top Apollo doctor arrested

The personal assistant of another senior doctor in Apollo Hospital here was on Friday detained in connection with the kidney racket busted last week, even as the police came across five fresh cases of

The personal assistant of another senior doctor in Apollo Hospital here was on Friday detained in connection with the kidney racket busted last week, even as the police came across five fresh cases of kidney transplant carried out by the racket in the hospital.

The name of the suspect, who is the personal assistant of a senior nephrologist in Apollo Hospital, emerged during the interrogation of the racket’s kingpin Rajkumar Rao, a senior police official said.

“One suspect has been detained for questioning and five more cases of transplant carried out by the group in the same hospital have emerged, taking the total to 10. More arrests are likely,” joint commissioner of police R.P. Upadhyay said.

Rao has so far named over 30 people in connection with his racket.

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