A doctor alleged to be the mastermind of an organ trading racket in India has been arrested in Nepal, according to Nepalese officials.
Amit Kumar was reportedly discovered in a jungle resort in southern Nepal.
Indian police had been wanting to question Dr Kumar after they raided a house in Delhi which had been used to carry out illegal kidney transplants.
Officers say hundreds of poor labourers were lured from across northern India and bribed into selling their kidneys.
Banned
Kiran Gautam, the police chief in Chitwan district, about 160km (100 miles) south of Kathmandu, told Associated Press news agency Dr Kumar was being taken to the capital for questioning.
Nepal's minister of state for home affairs Ram Kumar Chaudhary told CNN that Dr Kumar was carrying $145,000 and a cheque for 900,000 euros when he was taken into custody.
Indian officials say they will start extradition proceedings as soon as possible.
Trade in human organs is banned in India but many continue to sell their kidneys to clients, including Westerners, waiting for transplants.
In January, police in Gurgaon, a suburb of Delhi, raided the illegal clinic after being tipped-off by a victim. Four people were arrested.
The donors were allegedly paid up to $2,500.
The clients are said to be wealthy Indians, and even some foreign visitors who were in urgent need of a kidney transplant and willing to pay large sums.
Amit Kumar was reportedly discovered in a jungle resort in southern Nepal.
Indian police had been wanting to question Dr Kumar after they raided a house in Delhi which had been used to carry out illegal kidney transplants.
Officers say hundreds of poor labourers were lured from across northern India and bribed into selling their kidneys.
Banned
Kiran Gautam, the police chief in Chitwan district, about 160km (100 miles) south of Kathmandu, told Associated Press news agency Dr Kumar was being taken to the capital for questioning.
Nepal's minister of state for home affairs Ram Kumar Chaudhary told CNN that Dr Kumar was carrying $145,000 and a cheque for 900,000 euros when he was taken into custody.
Indian officials say they will start extradition proceedings as soon as possible.
Trade in human organs is banned in India but many continue to sell their kidneys to clients, including Westerners, waiting for transplants.
In January, police in Gurgaon, a suburb of Delhi, raided the illegal clinic after being tipped-off by a victim. Four people were arrested.
The donors were allegedly paid up to $2,500.
The clients are said to be wealthy Indians, and even some foreign visitors who were in urgent need of a kidney transplant and willing to pay large sums.
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