US EditionPune Porsche Case Doctor Held in Kidney Racket
- On May 29, 2025, Dr. Ajay Taware, who previously led Sassoon General Hospital, was taken into custody in Pune for his suspected role in an illegal kidney transplant scheme from 2022 involving a prominent private hospital in the city.
- The racket employed counterfeit documents and false identities to evade organ donation regulations, with Taware serving as the chairman of the committee responsible for approving these illicit kidney transplants.
- A kidney swap transplant on March 24, 2022, involved a Kolhapur woman posing as a patient's wife after being promised ₹15 lakh, revealing fraud four days post-surgery due to a payment dispute.
- In May 2022, police filed an FIR against 15 individuals, including staff from Ruby Hall Clinic, accusing them of cheating, forgery, and breaching the laws governing human organ transplants, and a chargesheet has been submitted against seven of the accused.
- Taware remains in Yerawada Central Jail pending custody till June 2, with investigations indicating financial irregularities and misuse of his position in organ transplant approvals.
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Pune Porsche case doctor held in kidney racket
The former Sassoon General Hospital medical superintendent, already in Yerawada Central Jail for his role in the high-profile crash on May 19, 2024, was arrested on Wednesday in connection with a 2022 kidney transplant racket that used fake identities and fraudulent paperwork to circumvent organ donation laws
Pune Porsche Case Accused Doctor Now Arrested In Kidney Transplant Racket
Police on Thursday arrested Pune's Sassoon General Hospital's former medical superintendent Dr Ajay Taware in connection with an alleged kidney transplant racket at a leading private hospital here, officials said.
Pune Porsche Case Accused Doctor Now Held in Kidney Transplant Racket
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Police on Thursday arrested Pune's Sassoon General Hospital's former medical superintendent Dr Ajay Taware in connection with an alleged kidney transplant racket at a leading private hospital here, officials said. India News | Pune Porsche Case Accused Doctor Now Held in Kidney Transplant Racket.
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