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Organ theft

News Reports

3 hearts, 3 kidneys, hands, spine and tongue: Nigerian police arrest Islamic cleric for collecting human body parts for ‘rituals’

OpIndia Staff - 1 April, 2024

The Nigerian police have now launched a manhunt to nab another cleric, who supplied the human body parts and 3 skulls to the Islamic cleric.

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Chinese surgeons removed hearts of patients while they were still alive under government orders, shows study

OpIndia Staff - 14 April, 2022

Chinese surgeons, working at state-run civilian and military hospitals, have been cutting out prisoners’ hearts while they’re still alive, reveals study

Crime

Kerala: Gory tale of rape, organ mafia and social media fundraiser emerges from Wayanad, read details

OpIndia Staff - 17 October, 2021

Three Wayanad men rape a woman after promising her money in lieu of her kidney, they also wanted to make video of her to 'raise fund' through social media campaign

Crime

Pakistan Army forcefully ‘harvesting organs’ from ethnic minorities in Balochistan: Report

OpIndia Staff - 22 May, 2020

The report claims that the army covers the bodies such that the stitch marks are not visible to the family. Interestingly, the army also does not allow post-mortem to be conducted on such dead bodies.

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