A man in Chhattisgarh allegedly murdered his cousin’s four-year-old son and removed his kidneys, lungs and eyes in a bid to sell the organs online after searching social media for ways to earn quick money, police said.
The accused regularly browsed social media for ways to earn quick money and subsequently developed the idea of extracting and selling organs of small children, the police official said.
Ramjeet found the body wrapped in a blanket and quilt, stuffed in a sack and partially buried in a water-filled pit near a maize field, the official said While searching for the child along with family members on Saturday. Ramjeet, who moved with his family to Sanna village about a year ago for work, lived in a hut near the Aamatchua river dam. The 27-year-old accused, identified as Basudev, alias Tangnu, was arrested on Sunday after the child’s body was found stuffed in a sack and dumped in a pit at a field in Lodhenapath Mahua village of Jashpur district, they said. The victim’s father, Ramjeet Ram (36), lodged a complaint at Sanna police station on November 7, saying his son had been missing since November 5, Jashpur Senior Superintendent of Police Lal Umed Singh said on Sunday.
The accused, who is his maternal cousin, used to visit their house, he said. Following an investigation, police detained Basudev, a resident of nearby Chalni Gorrapath village, he said. The accused regularly browsed social media for ways to earn quick money and subsequently developed the idea of extracting and selling organs of small children, the police official said, citing his statement.
