Man kills 4-year-old to sell his organs after watching quick-money video
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A 27-year-old man has been arrested in Chhattisgarh’s Jashpur for allegedly killing a four-year-old boy, his relative, with the intention of selling the boy’s organs, police said on Monday (Nov 9, 2026).
The man, who works as an agricultural labourer, got the idea after watching a video that allegedly offered to sell organs as a way to make a quick buck, police said.
Accused Basudev Korwa alias Tangnu lives in Sanna village. Basudev’s cousin Ramjeet Ram, 36, also lives there with his wife and their children. On November 5, after getting Ramjeet Ram drunk, Basudev allegedly lured one of his sons to a chicken and fed him alcohol. The accused then took the boy to his hut, where he cut the child’s throat. According to the police, he then removed the boy’s organs, including his kidneys.
Jashpur Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Lal Umed Singh said the accused buried the body at another place after extracting the organs, which he kept in a plastic bag.
The following day, the boy’s father complained to the police about his son’s disappearance and the villagers launched a search. The body wrapped in a blanket was discovered by a villager nearly 500 meters from the field where the victim and the accused lived in separate huts. The witness also told the police that the child was seen with Basudev.
AI interactions
After his arrest, the police learned that Basudev, who had received little formal education, had no understanding of how organ transplants worked and had no ready buyer.
Mr Singh said that through the content the accused consumed online, he was convinced that there would be a “buyer from Delhi” who would come and buy the organs he had allegedly “preserved” in a plastic bag.
Explaining the chain of events, the SSP said that in an attempt to earn more money than the few hundred rupees he earned daily, Basudev joined some groups on a chat app that discussed ways to earn money. However, all the conversation was in English, which he did not understand.
“An artificial intelligence (AI) assistant built into the chat app came to his aid, which understood and replied in Hindi. When he started interacting with the app, it started redirecting him to other sites that opened in his browser. One such video was about selling organs which fetched good money,” another senior police officer said, adding that they are yet to find out the exact video the accused watched and his streaming profile is not registered on the site.
Even after learning about the organ sale, Basudev asked the AI assistant in the chat app more questions, framing them in a way that concealed his intent. “Still, the assistant issued a warning that selling organs is prohibited in India and there are laws against it. The accused still went ahead with the plan. He chose a boy he called ‘chachu (uncle)’ and trusted him,” the officer said.
Published – 9 Nov 2026 21:52 IST