Kidney racket accused sent to judicial custody

Ambala, Feb 25 (UNI) Kidney racket kingpin Dr Amit Kumar's accomplice Dr Upender was sent to judicial custody till March 7 by the Special CBI court here today.

Dr Upender, who was lodged in the Tihar jail at Delhi, was produced by the CBI before Duty Magistrate Sunita Grover.

The court ordered that three other accomplices--Dr Siraj, Giassudin and Jagdish who were also lodged in Tihar Jail-- should be produced on production warrants on March 7 along with Dr Amit.

Upender is facing charges of removing kidneys of innocent persons at his nursing homes at Faridabad and Ballabhgrah in complicity with Dr Amit. Siraj, Giassudin and Jagdish acted as agents to bring the people at both these places.

Meanwhile, Dr Amit who was taken to Jaipur on production warrants to be produced in the court there, was reported to have been sent to judicial custody. He would also be brought to Ambala and produced in the special CBI court on March 7.

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