Kanpur, April 8 -- Kanpur police have arrested Parvez Saifi, a close aide and driver of absconding doctor Afzal, in connection with the ongoing kidney transplant racket.
Saifi was apprehended late Tuesday night from Rawatpur after a viral video showed him and the doctor with bundles of Rs 500 notes, officials said today.
According to DCP SM Qasim Abidi, Saifi had been trying to evade arrest while seeking legal help for bail. Police recovered Rs 10 lakh in cash from his possession, which he allegedly admitted was part of the payment received after a kidney transplant surgery involving a woman from Muzaffarnagar, identified as Parul Tomar. He told investigators that Dr. Afzal received Rs 22 lakh for the procedure, out of which Rs 10 lakh wa...