KANPUR, April 17 -- An operation theatre (OT) technician, accused of conducting more than 30 illegal kidney transplants, surrendered before a magistrate's court on Thursday. Mudassar Ali Siddiqui, "Dr Ali", evaded police and reached the ACJM-6 court wearing a cap and face mask to turn himself in.

Siddiqui is the 11th person arrested in connection with the massive kidney trafficking racket that was exposed in March. The court remanded him to 14 days of judicial custody.

Police had been searching for Siddiqui across Noida, Ghaziabad and Uttarakhand, and had announced a reward of Rs.25,000 for information leading to his arrest. While his name was not in the original First Information Report (FIR), it surfaced during the subsequent investig...