Overview
- Kanpur police arrested Rohit Tiwari on Monday after a two-week hunt, saying the Class XII passout posed as a doctor and carried a Rs 25,000 bounty as the tally of those in custody reached about 10.
- Officers said Tiwari admitted during questioning that he coordinated more than 30 transplants since 2018 and used a stethoscope and apron to pass as a doctor, with photos from operating theatres recovered as evidence.
- Police are searching for Afzal and Mudassar Ali, who are accused of key roles in the surgeries, with rewards announced for each as teams conduct raids to track them.
- Late-March raids at Ahuja, Med-Life and Priya hospitals led to the arrests of the Ahuja Hospital owners and several doctors, and officials reported missing patient files and informal notes in place of standard records.
- Investigators say brokers lured cash-strapped donors with promises of Rs 5–6 lakh, sometimes paying less, while recipients were charged Rs 60 lakh to Rs 1 crore, and district health chiefs are now verifying hospitals flagged in the probe.