Chhattisgarh man kills cousin's son, remove organs to sell online

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.

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.

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.

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.

While looking for the child with family members on Saturday, 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.