IIT student tries to sell his kidney to pay education loan,buyers disagree for dalit organ

Agra :- An IIT student named Mahesh Balmiki from IIT-BHU, who makes a living by working as a sweeper, is trying to sell his kidney to pay off a Rs 2.7-lakh education loan. It story came after suicide of a Dalit PhD scholar of Hyderabad Central University named Rohith Vemula. "There was a lot of pressure. Due to my prolonged illness, I had to incur expenses for my treatment and couldn ' t give back the loan I took for my studies," Mahesh Balmiki, who is a student of mining said in his statement. Mahesh had not any option, so he started to search for a buyer for one of his kidneys. He later told his friends that people ask a donor’s caste while buying kidneys from the thriving black market for kidneys. He visited around five hospitals in Varanasi and Alwar, but found no takers for his kidney. Left with no option, the 19-year-old ‘very bright’ student has now left his studies and has taken up a sweeper’s job back at his village in Alwar, Rajasthan. He earns only Rs 4,000 per month.