India, Nov. 9 -- A 27-year-old man in Chhattisgarh allegedly murdered his cousin's four-year-old son and removed his kidneys, lungs and eyes in an attempt to make money by selling the body parts, police said on Sunday. The accused had been browsing social media for ways to earn quick money, they added.

The accused, identified as Basudev alias Tangnu, was arrested after the child's body was found dumped in a pit in Lodhenapath Mahua village in Jashpur district, police said.

Jashpur Senior Superintendent of Police Lal Umed Singh said the boy's father, Ramjeet Ram, 36, had approached Sanna police station on November 7 and reported that his son had been missing since November 5.

Ramjeet, who had moved with his family to Sanna village about...