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And, D-5, Nithari in Noida, is the residence of Moninder Singh Pandher, accused in the Nithari killings case.
Now, D-5 is not just the address which is similar in both the Nithari killings and in the kidney scam.
In what could be a possible link between the both, families of victims in the Nithari killings have claimed that Dr Kidney alias Dr Amit was a friend of Moninder Singh Pandher, and that he had visited the latter’s place a few times in 2006.
This brings to light the suspicion raised by social activists about the possibility of an organ transplant racket being run by Pandher from his house. A CBI official has, however, said there is no obvious link.
Jhabbu Lal, father of 10-year-old Jyoti, killed in D-5, barely 20 steps away from his thela in Nithari, has claimed that after pictures of Dr Amit being arrested in Nepal were flashed in newspapers, he could recall the face of a similar man having visited Pandher at least thrice.
Talking to Newsline, he said, “I remember having seen him (Dr Amit) with a French beard once, and clean-shaven twice when he visited his (Pandher’s) house.”
Jhabbu Lal runs an ironing shop and Pandher’s clothes were ironed at his thela for close to three years before he was arrested. He was a regular visitor to Pandher’s house to collect the clothes for ironing.
Another victim, Pappu Lal, father of eight-year-old Rachna who was killed on April 10, 2006, claimed he had seen an ambulance outside Pandher’s residence many times.
“I ignored the incidents thinking someone might be ill in the house (D-5). I have also seen a nurse visiting the house very often,” Pappu Lal said.
Another victim, Ram Kishen, father of three-year-old Harsh, who was also killed at the khooni kothi (Blood Bungalow) as the people know the house as, claimed that an ambulance used to be parked outside the house quite often.
Some activists, who had worked with the victims even before the killings were unearthed on December 29, 2006, had claimed that someone from Nithari was involved in the killings, suggesting an organ transplant racket.
Reports and applications regarding this had been sent to many concerned authorities like the Noida police and the National Commission for Women in 2006, sources said.
Only detailed investigations could point to a link between the two, if any, sources said.
No bail for sis-in-law
GURGAON: On completion of her 14-day judicial custody remand, Kidney Kingpin Dr Amit Kumar’s sister-in-law, Pooja, was produced in the Gurgaon district courts on Wednesday. Her counsel, N K Jain, had filed a bail application, which was rejected along with the CBI’s demand for custody.
Pooja’s counsel stated the whole case is falsely fabricated against his client: “There is no evidence linking her to the illegal organ trade that her husband Jeevan Kumar (still absconding) and brother-in-law are accused of. She has been arrested only because she is the spouse of one of the main accused.” The CBI had moved an application in the same court for Pooja’s custody on grounds that: “She has key information and will help with leads to the whereabouts of the co accused — Jeevan Kumar.” The court remanded Pooja to another 14 days in judicial custody. First Class Magistrate Roopam told the CBI counsel that since the accused has already been remanded to judicial custody they should appeal to the Sessions court for remand.
Observing that Pooja had confessed to assisting Jeevan escape, the court also said, “The accused is arrested in connection with a very serious case and the allegations and evidence against her do not permit any leeway for bail.”
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