Overview
- A Delhi court granted interim bail to Dr. Ravinder Pal Singh during transit proceedings, and he has been directed to appear before the Chandrapur court on January 2.
- Chandrapur police say Dr. Rajratnam Govindaswamy of STAR KIMS Hospital in Trichy remains absconding after a raid on the facility.
- Special teams have been dispatched to multiple states as officers scrutinize bank records, mobile data, travel logs, and possible cross-border links to Cambodia.
- Police allege recipients paid ₹50–80 lakh per transplant, donors received ₹5–8 lakh, and payments of roughly ₹10 lakh went to Dr. Singh and about ₹20 lakh to the Trichy hospital and its chief, with intermediaries taking sizeable cuts.
- The case began with farmer Roshan Kude’s complaint about predatory loans; eight arrests have been made so far, including six moneylenders and two alleged agents who were previously donors, and offences are registered under Sections 18 and 19 of the THOTA Act.