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Two persons arrested successful transportation with a kidney merchantability racket successful Namakkal territory were remanded in Salem Central Prison connected Monday (October 13, 2025).
The arrested were identified arsenic Anandhan (60) and Stanley Mohan (49), residents of Annai Sathya Nagar.
According to the police, a pistillate residing successful the locality claimed successful a video successful July that she sold her kidney for ₹5 lakh astatine a backstage hospital. She besides claimed that she sold her kidney done a mediator Anandhan. As the video went viral connected societal media, the Namakkal Health Department officials conducted investigations, and recovered that galore radical successful Komarapalayam and Pallipalayam had sold their kidneys successful the past fewer years.
Hearing a Public Interest Litigation (PIL), the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on August 25 appointed a Special Investigation Team (SIT) headed by the Inspector General of Police (South Zone) Prem Anand Sinha to probe the allegations of an organ transplantation racket, particularly that of kidney, crossed the State.
On Sunday (October 12, 2025), SIT officials conducted an probe successful Molasi and Pallipalayam successful Namakkal territory and took Anandhan and Stanley Mohan for investigations. On Monday morning, the duo was taken to Pallipalayam Government Hospital for aesculapian test. Later, they were produced earlier the tribunal and lodged successful Salem Central Prison.
