LUCKNOW, India — Five people have been arrested for keeping 15 poor people in captivity and selling their blood to private clinics in northern India to make money, police said Tuesday.
The victims, who were freed in a raid Sunday, were lured with promises of good jobs and forcibly kept in a home in Gorakhpur, a town about 250 kilometers (155 miles) southeast of Lucknow, the capital of Uttar Pradesh state, said police Inspector-General D.K. Chaudhary. "Every day a hired pathologist would arrive and collect blood," Chaudhary said. Full Story - Discount Magazine Subscriptions - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Nutty News Marketplace - Dunhams Sports
The victims, who were freed in a raid Sunday, were lured with promises of good jobs and forcibly kept in a home in Gorakhpur, a town about 250 kilometers (155 miles) southeast of Lucknow, the capital of Uttar Pradesh state, said police Inspector-General D.K. Chaudhary. "Every day a hired pathologist would arrive and collect blood," Chaudhary said. Full Story - Discount Magazine Subscriptions - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Nutty News Marketplace - Dunhams Sports
