Chandrapur, June 27 -- : The investigation into the alleged international kidney-selling racket in Maharashtra's Chandrapur district has taken a new turn, with police registering a case of illegal moneylending against BJP worker and businessman Diwakar Nikure for allegedly charging exorbitant interest from a farmer who sold his kidney to repay debts, officials said on Saturday.
Police said the case was registered after financial investigations revealed transactions of around Rs 8 lakh between Nikure and Roshan Kule, a farmer from Minthur village in Nagbhid tehsil, who allegedly sold one of his kidneys in Cambodia.
The FIR has been filed under the Maharashtra Prohibition of Charging Exorbitant Interest Act.
Nikure has secured interim bail...