Amritsar, June 15: Former principal of the local Government Medical College Dr O P Mahajan allegedly involved in the Rs 100 crore kidney scam, who was released on bail, has been arrested and taken to Delhi. Mahajan, against whom a criminal case was registered by Delhi Police on May 30 for illegally removing the kidneys of one Sikandar Ali by getting him to undergo a surgery on the pretext of removing kidney stones, was arrested on June 12 and brought to Delhi for investigations into the scam.

Delhi Police are also likely to seek custody of Dr P K Sareen and P K Jain, the other accused in the case.

According to the local SIT (special investigation team) probing the kidney scam, Dr Mahajan during his tenure as principal of the local Government Medical College and the chairman of the kidney transplant committee wrongfully cleared the file of Sikandar Ali for kidney donation against his will.

He stated that Sikander was donating his kidney "purely out of love and affection".

Delhi Police on May 30 registered a criminal case on the complaint of Ali, who was said to be the resident of Uttar Pradesh and was lured to Amritsar on the promise of a job.

There he was asked to undergo medical tests and was told by the kidney mafia that he had stones in his kidney and he required to undergo a minor surgery.

Sikander was admitted at Amritsar Kakkar hospital on February 22, 2001, for the surgery. But during his operation, a team of surgeons comprising of Dr P K Sareen and Dr P K Jain allegedly removed his kidney without his knowledge for transplanting it in a Delhi-based businessman.

After a few days, when Sikander was discharged from the hospital he learnt about his kidney removal.

Bureau Report