The UP police have also arrested three agents_Pappu, Noushad and Ghiasuddeen who supplied donors for the transplant racket. The police also found five foreign nationals at the DLF premises of Dr Amit Kumar. Among them are Joy (53), an Indian American of Kerala origin and Heleni Kitcocy (53), a Greek national, both of whom are undergoing treatment at Delhi’s Apollo Hospital. Joy was with his wife Sonam while Kitcocy was accompanied by two relatives.

The police said while daily wage workers were the target of the racket, clients came from the US, UK, Greece, Canada and Saudi Arabia. “We found several requests at the DLF apartment owned by Dr Amit from recipients in several foreign countries,” Commissioner Lal said.

The relatives of the recipients have been detained for questioning. “We are still trying to find out how the gang used to get in touch with the foreign nationals,” Lal added. Moradabad SSP Prem Prakash said that Agrawal was recently in Canada. “He returned from Canada only two weeks ago,” he said. Sources said an advocate of Indian origin based in Greece helped Dr Amit Kumar get his clients.