A 27-year-old man in Chhattisgarh allegedly murdered his cousin’s four-year-old son and removed his kidneys, lungs and eyes in an attempt to make money by selling the body parts, police said on Sunday. The accused had been browsing social media for ways to earn quick money, they added.
Similar case in Bhopal: Teen killed over alleged plan to sell body parts
Police subsequently detained Basudev, a resident of nearby Chalni Gorrapath village. In a similar incident in Madhya Pradesh’s Bhopal in August, a teenage boy who sold pens was allegedly murdered as part of a plan to sell his body parts for money. Jashpur Senior Superintendent of Police Lal Umed Singh said the boy’s father, Ramjeet Ram, 36, had approached Sanna police station on November 7 and reported that his son had been missing since November 5. Police said the boy was lured to an isolated location with an offer of ₹ 100 and was subsequently attacked and killed.
The accused, identified as Basudev alias Tangnu, was arrested after the child’s body was found dumped in a pit in Lodhenapath Mahua village in Jashpur district, police said. During questioning, the accused allegedly confessed to the crime and told investigators that he was unhappy with his earnings from daily wage work and wanted to make more money. Basudev regularly searched social media for ways to earn quick money and allegedly developed the idea of extracting and selling body parts of young children, according to the police.
Ramjeet, who had moved with his family to Sanna village about a year ago in search of work, lived in a hut near the Aamatchua river dam.
Basudev, his maternal cousin, frequently visited the family, the officer said. Ramjeet found his body wrapped in a blanket and quilt, stuffed inside a sack and partially buried in a water-filled pit near a maize field, Singh said While looking for the child with family members on Saturday.
