Namakkal: A shocking kidney trafficking racket has re-emerged in Tamil Nadu’s Namakkal district, preying specifically on impoverished power loom workers across Pallipalayam, Agraharam, Weppodai, and Kumarapalayam. Investigations reveal middlemen are systematically targeting vulnerable workers, particularly women from Annai Sathyanagar, with false promises of Rs 10 lakh payments for kidney donations. The victims are allegedly being transported to private hospitals in Bengaluru and Kochi under false pre tenses, where their organs are removed without proper consent or compensation.
The scam has left dozens of workers physically compromised and financially devastated, with most receiving only a fraction of the promised amount after undergoing dangerous procedures.
Namakkal Kidney scam: Authorities Scramble as Racket Exposes Healthcare Lapses
The elaborate operation follows a familiar pattern – agents first identify desperate workers from Namakkal’s textile hubs, where approximately 200,000 laborers work in precarious conditions. Victims report being coerced into signing documents they don’t understand before being taken to undisclosed medical facilities across state lines. Disturbing accounts from Thiruchengode and Kumarapalayam reveal multiple cases where workers were abandoned post-surgery with severe health complications and negligible payments. Local police have launched a major manhunt for the kingpins behind this interstate organ trafficking network, while serious questions are being raised about how private hospitals in multiple states could facilitate such illegal transplants without proper documentation or oversight.
The resurgence of this notorious scam – first exposed in the region few years ago – has sent shockwaves through Tamil Nadu’s weaving communities.