The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has attached kidney racket mastermind Amit Kumar’s immovable property worth Rs 4.35 crore in Melbourne in Australia under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act. The ED said the property was acquired by him in 2005, using the money earned from the illegal kidney transplants.
“Acting on the Letter Rogatory, the Australian authorities has issued restraining order for the said property. This is the first attachment of immovable property abroad. The restraining order was served upon Amit on August 8, who is presently in Guntur jail,” the ED said.
A special CBI court had in March 2013 sentenced Amit and his aide Upender Kumar to seven years imprisonment with a fine of Rs 60 lakh, in connection with the Gurgaon Kidney scandal.
The scandal came to light in 2008 when police arrested several people for running a kidney transplant racket.