Man kills 4-year-old to sell his organs after watching video on making money quickly

RAIPUR A 27-year-old man was arrested in Chhattisgarh’s Jashpur for allegedly killing a four-year-old boy, a relative of his, with the intention to sell the boy’s organs, the police said on Monday (November 9, 2026). According to the police, the man, who works as an agricultural labourer, got the idea after watching a video that purportedly suggested organ sale as a way to make money quickly. The accused, Basudev Korwa, alias Tangnu, lives in Sanna village.

Korwa’s cousin, Ramjeet Ram, 36, also lives there with his wife and their children. On November 5, after getting Ramjeet Ram inebriated, Korwa allegedly lured one of his sons with chicken and fed him liquor. The accused is then alleged to have taken the boy to his hut, where he slit the child’s throat.

According to the police, he then and removed the boy’s organs, including the kidneys. Jashpur Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Lal Umed Singh said the accused buried the body at a different site after extracting the organs, which he kept in a plastic bag.