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NT Bureau
Mumbai/Chennai, Oct 14:
 

        Chennai-based nephrologist Palani Ravichandran, who was arrested on the charge of running an illegal kidney trade involving over 600 transplants, had amassed over Rs 100 crore, police enquiries have revealed.

        Mumbai police have taken the doctor in their custody and are interrogating him. In the inquiry, some shocking revelation came to the fore. Since 2001 he was into the fraudulent act, it is said. He confessed to have done over 600 surgeries and charged between Rs 15 lakh and Rs 25 lakh per surgery.

        The kidney racket had been going on on a large scale with a large network and many had been cheated, the Mumbai police suspect. One G Mittal from Mumbai was promised Rs 4 lakh for his kidney but was given just Rs 25,000. He had lodged a complaint with Mumbai police.

        Acting on his complaint, the police arrested four brokers. On questioning them, the police learnt that Ravichandran had a nexus with them. Following this, the Mumbai police came over to Chennai arrested him and produced him before court. And the court granted them permission to have him under their custody and enquire.

        Under the circumstances the Mumbai police and Income Tax sleuths conducted raids at the doctor's Subasri Nagar residence at Mugaliwakkam near Porur, Chennai. They seized important documents pertaining to kidney transplant treatment.

        Simultaneously, the Bharathiraja Hospital in places such as T Nagar and St Thomas Hospital where the doctor performed the surgeries had been sealed. The Tamilnadu Health Department has also revoked the licence of these hospitals to perform kidney transplant.