Cracking Down on Tamil Nadu's Kidney Sale Racket

A man suspected to be involved in a kidney sale racket in Tamil Nadu's Namakkal district has been arrested. The Special Investigation Team has detained four additional middlemen in connection with the scheme, which exploited poor textile workers and used fake documents for organ transplantation.

In a significant breakthrough, law enforcement has arrested a man believed to be part of a kidney sale racket targeting impoverished areas of Tamil Nadu. The suspect, Karthikeyan, a resident of Erode, was taken into custody by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) on Friday.

The Namakkal district had witnessed the emergence of a kidney racket in mid-2025, where brokers allegedly preyed upon vulnerable powerloom and textile workers, frequently using forged documents to facilitate organ transplants.

The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has criticized the state government for allowing such activities to flourish, prompting the formation of a specialized task force to oversee and monitor transplantation processes.

(With inputs from agencies.)