Archive · 5 Aug 2026
West Bengal minors lured for cash blood donation, probe ordered
In West Bengal, India, three teenage boys were offered money to give blood.
The boys were between 13 and 15 years old and went to a private school in the city of Durgapur.
Someone took them to a private hospital to donate blood.
The boys were promised Rs 300 each in cash.
Giving blood is not allowed for children, so their ID papers were reportedly changed to make them look older.
A former student of their school is suspected of arranging the whole thing.
People think he may have done this before.
The police are now investigating, and important state leaders are upset.
Parents and doctors say this is a serious crime against children.
Everyone wants the people responsible to be caught and punished.
Three minor students aged 13 to 15 from a private school in Durgapur, West Bengal, were allegedly lured with Rs 300 cash each to donate blood at a private hospital in Bidhannagar locality.
The boys were reportedly presented as relatives of a patient and their official identities were tampered with to show them as adults during blood collection.
Bengal Health Minister Sharadwat Mukherjee took cognizance of the incident on Wednesday and sought a detailed report from the district health administration.
A former student of the school, Debapriyo Chatterjee, has been named in the case and allegedly received Rs 1,000 each time he arranged such donors.
Asansol-Durgapur Police have registered a written complaint and are investigating whether an organised network operates behind such exploitation.
- Who
- Three minor students (aged 13-15) from a private school in Durgapur; complainant and parent Sukhen Pal; accused former student Debapriyo Chatterjee; Bengal Health Minister Sharadwat Mukherjee.
- What
- The minors were allegedly lured with cash to donate blood at a private hospital, with their identities tampered to appear as adults.
- When
- The Health Minister took cognizance of the incident on Wednesday; a written complaint has since been registered.
- Where
- Durgapur, West Bengal, with the alleged blood collection at a private hospital in Bidhannagar locality.
- Why
- Allegedly for monetary gain; police are investigating whether an organised agent network is exploiting schoolchildren for blood donation.
- Victims
- Three minor students, aged 13-15, from a private school in Durgapur
- Alleged payment to minors
- Rs 300 each in cash
- Alleged payment to accused
- Rs 1,000 per donor arranged
- Venue
- Private hospital in Bidhannagar locality
- Accused named
- Debapriyo Chatterjee, former student who left the school three years ago
- Officials responding
- Health Minister Sharadwat Mukherjee, Urban Development Minister Agnimitra Paul, Police Commissioner Pranav Kumar
- Investigating body
- Asansol-Durgapur Police
- Concerned organisation
- West Bengal Voluntary Blood Donors' Society (secretary Kabi Ghosh suspects a racket)