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Dr. Jeevan Kumar and Dr. Amit Kumar, brothers in India, have both been caught conducting illegal kidney transplants. Neither of them were qualified to conduct this procedure but together they have completed over 500 kidney transplants (Dr. Kidney’s brother Jeevan remanded to CBI Custody). Dr. Amit Kumar is known to be the mastermind behind this ring, and Dr. Jeevan Kumar used to manage the finance and pre-operations. Much of their finances came from foreign transactions (Greece, Britain, United States, Lebanon, Canada, UAE and Saudi Arabia), and many were provided from people in India (Dr. Kidney’s brother Jeevan remanded to CBI Custody). Besides that, they have also forced unwilling donors, to give up a kidney for a small amount of money. When police authorities caught Dr. Amit Kumar, his bother, Dr. Jeevan helped him leave the country. After Dr. Jeevan Kumar got arrested, two other members of their operations, Dr. Upendra Aggarwal and Dr. Saraj Kovid, were arrested as well. Dr. Amit Kumar was also arrested in Canada (Dr. Kidney’s brother Jeevan remanded to CBI Custody). 