NEW DELHI: The CBI on Tuesday filed a chargesheet against nine persons, including alleged kingpin Amit Kumar, in the multi-crore kidney racket case.
 

The chargesheet of murder and criminal conspiracy was filed under various sections of the Indian Penal Code and Transplantation of Human Organs (TOHO) Act 1994 against Kumar and the other accused in an Ambala court.
 
Apart from Amit Kumar, whose real name is Santosh Kumar Raut, his brother Jeevan Raut, Upender Kumar, another doctor KK Aggarwal, nurse of Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital Linda, Saraj Kumar Kovind, Jagdish and Gyasuddin were chargesheeted in the case.
 
While filing the chargesheet in the court of Special Judicial Magistrate for CBI cases (Ambala), the agency sought permission for continuing the investigation against the rest of the arrested accused as also against some others whose names have surfaced during the investigation.
 
The CBI claimed to have the evidence to establish that Kumar was the alleged kidney transplant racket kingpin. "The real name of Amit Kumar was Santosh Kumar Raut and he had changed his name as well as date of birth in 2001," the CBI chargesheet said.
 
Although the accused has a degree in Ayurvedic medicines, he has been conducting kidney transplant surgeries in the clandestine hospital owned and established by him at 4347, Sector-23, Palam Vihar, Gurgaon, the CBI said.