# UL comes true: kidneys stolen in New Delhi! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 30, 2008, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ul-comes-true-kidneys-stolen-in-new-delhi/435546 "2008-01-30T03:19:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2008, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ul-comes-true-kidneys-stolen-in-new-delhi/435546/1 "2008-01-30T03:19:29Z")
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**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2008, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ul-comes-true-kidneys-stolen-in-new-delhi/435546/2 "2008-01-30T06:41:45Z")
booooooooo. no text story! ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2008, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ul-comes-true-kidneys-stolen-in-new-delhi/435546/3 "2008-01-30T06:58:05Z")
No way. I don’t believe it. If they really wanted his kidneys, wouldn’t they just kill him and take ALL his organs? ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2008, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ul-comes-true-kidneys-stolen-in-new-delhi/435546/4 "2008-01-30T11:08:48Z")
[QUOTE=Freudian Slit] No way. I don’t believe it. If they really wanted his kidneys, wouldn’t they just kill him and take ALL his organs? [/QUOTE] If it weren’t a CNN piece, I’d be REALLY skeptical- but you make a good point, to which the only answer is - they’re evil, but not EEEEEEVILLL! ---
**Author:** ![Ale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ale)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2008, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ul-comes-true-kidneys-stolen-in-new-delhi/435546/5 "2008-01-30T12:46:36Z")
[QUOTE=FriarTed] If it weren’t a CNN piece, I’d be REALLY skeptical- but you make a good point, to which the only answer is - they’re evil, but not EEEEEEVILLL! [/QUOTE] For what is worth I recall the same phenomenon reported on the National Geographic magazine, some years ago. It was an article about the “Untouchables” in India, the most depressing thing was that it showed things even worse than the men robbed of a kidney. ---
**Author:** ![Khampelf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Khampelf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khampelf)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2008, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ul-comes-true-kidneys-stolen-in-new-delhi/435546/6 "2008-01-31T02:00:29Z")
[QUOTE=Freudian Slit] No way. I don’t believe it. If they really wanted his kidneys, wouldn’t they just kill him and take ALL his organs? [/QUOTE] It’s India, life is sacred. :dubious: The Indian Authority said this has been going on ten years. So, the UL’s been true, all this time?