Mumbai, May 29 -- The police on Thursday arrested Dr Ajay Taware, the former medical superintendent of Sassoon General Hospital, in an alleged kidney transplant racket at a prominent private hospital in Pune.
Dr Taware, who is already in custody at Yerwada Central Jail in a separate case involving alleged tampering of blood samples in the high-profile Pune Porsche crash, was taken into custody by the city crime branch for his suspected role in the 2022 kidney transplant scam at Ruby Hall Clinic.
According to Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime) Nikhil Pingale, Dr Taware will be produced before the court in the ongoing investigation. In 2022, Taware was serving as the head of the Regional Authorisation Committee responsible for approving ...