Toronto: Interpol's Canada unit was in touch with its Indian counterpart to nab Amit Kumar, the alleged mastermind behind the multi-million dollar kidney racket in India who might have entered Canada illegally, informed sources say.
Amit Kumar alias Santosh Rameshwar Raut, who is under hunt worldwide, is reported to have slipped out of India through the porous Nepal border and then taken a flight to Canada.
Quoting Indian police sources, a Canadian news agency Wednesday said Kumar could have fled to Canada just before last week's raid at his house, from where he conducted his operations in Gurgaon.
According to the sources, the scam master is said to have false Canadian and Nepalese passports.
Though the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) have not shed much light on Kumar's Canadian connection, the news agency quoted the sources as saying that the Indian doctor was partly directing his global organ transplant scam from an unknown location in Canada where his family is living.
"We can, however, say that Interpol-Ottawa has been in communication with Interpol-New Delhi about this case," Canwest News agency quoted RCMP officer Sylvie Tremblay as saying.
Gurgaon police commissioner Mohinder Lal said in the township near Delhi on Monday: "We strongly suspect that Amit has left the country through illegal channels and he might be in Canada."
He said efforts were being made via Interpol to track him.
The kidney scam came to light Jan 24 when police raided a private clinic in Gurgaon after a tip-off by a victim.
About 600 poor donors are said to have been lured into giving their organs to donors, including foreigners, for a price.
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