“Hai . ravi from kakinada . age 30. o positive…. 8 lacks money ergent… plss cont. 99xxxxxx9” says one post on the website.

“Guys could you please help me to get geniune buyer… o+ve blood group… if anybody interested contact me on this no +9192xxxxxxx3… i am in serious debt trouble…” That’s Nagarjuna, from Hyderabad.

Suresh is even more direct. “I’m AB- donor. Age 24. Required amount 10 L. Call me 997xxxxx0”

The “wares” they are plying online are not something you would find on your average ecommerce website: for, these men are looking to sell their kidneys to anyone who will pay them lakhs, through the website www.ineedakidneynow.org.
While this particular website, which falsely claims it will not post requests asking for payment, has over thousands of posts, it is not the only online platform facilitating the buying and selling of kidneys. On a Facebook page “Kidney donor, dialysis nd transplant india”, what seem to be genuine posts by individuals seeking kidney donors have many replying that they want to sell their kidney…..Readmore