In a five-hour-long proceeding, Metropolitan Magistrate Chandra Shekhar recorded the statement of Jagdish under Section 164 of the Criminal Procedure Code.

Jagdish, a technical staff of the racket’s alleged kingpin Dr Amit Kumar, was scheduled to record his statement on February 23. The recording was postponed as statements of two other accused, Dr Saraj Kovind and Gyasuddin, were also to be recorded.

The CBI had, on February 21, filed applications stating that the three accused wanted to record their confessional statements. “They want to make their statements before the court. They have also shown a willingness to confess their guilt and state all facts within their knowledge,” the agency claimed.

The court, allowing the three accused to record their statements, had sent them to judicial custody to give them a chance to re-consider their decision as their statement could be used as evidence against them during trial.

Dr Kovind allegedly helped Dr Kumar in performing surgeries at his nursing home in Gurgaon. Jagdish worked as technician while Gyasuddin acted as a tout and arranged donors, CBI officials said.

Kumar and others have been booked under Sections 420 (cheating), 342 (illegal confinement), 326 (causing grievous hurt), 506 (criminal intimidation) and 120-B (criminal conspiracy) of IPC and Section 18 and 19 of Transplantation of Human Organs Act of 1994.