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New Delhi: Moradabad Police is probing links with Batra and Apollo hospitals and a laboratory called the Focus Diagnostic lab in Delhi. This follows the questioning of another key accused in the case, Dr Upendra.

Police say four doctors arrested in the Jaipur kidney racket were also involved in the scandal. Dr Upendra was also named in the FIR filed in 2000 in Jaipur.

Upendra has allegedly confessed to his relations with Dr Amit Kumar, but has denied any direct role in the kidney racket. He has said Dr Amit used to send patients to him for checkups.

Police have also sent two teams to Uttarakhand and Jammu & Kashmir as part of the investigation. Police teams are already probing links in seven states.

Three people have been arrested in connection with the case. Those arrested include a Manipuri national named Linda, who is said to be a nurse and a close associate of the prime accused Dr Amit Kumar. It was earlier thought that Linda was a foreign national but that was proved wrong as investigations progressed.

Linda has confessed that Amit and Jeevan used to conduct surgeries despite the fact that they were not qualified to do so.

She was arrested from Ram Manohar Lohia hospital, where she worked as a nurse and used to take care of patients post operations.

The wife of another key accused — brother of Dr Amit Kumar, absconding doctor Dr Jeevan Kumar — and his driver have also been arrested.

ASP Moradabad, Manzil Saini said, "Upendra alleges that Amit Kumar and Jeevan Kumar were not really doctors. But even without degrees, they had become proficient in performing surgeries. That is why they used Upendra as a medium. He says he found them misusing letterheads and stamps made in his name."

Meanwhile, Amit Kumar's father says, "I had no clue about my son's involvement in a kidney racket and I felt bad after knowing the truth. He is not doing the right thing if he is involved in this."

Moradabad SSP Prem Prakash has stated that they are getting information regarding associates of Dr Amit and the places that he had worked in earlier.

"We were told by Upendra that Amit Kumar was likely to move to Canada, his wife is in Canada. Whenever we get information we are try and verify it. The focus is on arresting Amit Kumar," he said.

International Connection

The Interpol is looking into a possible Canadian connection to the illegal organ trade unearthed in Gurgaon last Thursday.

The Royal Canada Mounted Police (RCMP) are investigating reports on an Indian doctor with family connections in Canada.

RCMP spokesperson, Sylvie Trembley confirmed that Interpol Ottawa is in touch with Interpol New Delhi on the case.

On Monday, Gurgaon Police Commissioner, Mohinder Lal had said Kumar may have used his foreign contacts to escape.

SSP Moradabad, Prem Prakash added that Dr Amit could be in Canada.

"It is not confirmed yet whether he is in Canada. We are investigating the matter. CBI is nodal agency for interacting with Interpol. Once we will get the police custody we will go in for a narco-analysis request," he said.

The Moradabad Police say that they will be looking into passenger records at the International Airport Delhi from January 24 to January 26 to try and trace Kumar's whereabouts.