ISLAMABAD – Police have arrested 85 beggars during the last 48 hours with an objective to curb the menace of begging and registered FIR against professional alms-seekers and their handlers in the federal capital.
Islamabad police launched a special campaign to lower this curse following the directions from SSP Islamabad Najeeb-ur-Rehman Bugvi.
SSP Islamabad has issued directives to shift child beggars to shelter homes and protection centres to make them a responsible citizen.
The officer said that this social evil would be curbed and those backing professional beggars would be dealt with an iron hand.
He further said that needy children and women are being shifted to various care-centres after verification so that they could be made responsible citizens.
Specials squads have been constituted to mitigate begging practice and the squad is being monitored regularly, he added.
SSP said that this campaign against the professional alms-seekers will continue and strict action will be taken against those who force children and women to adopt the ugly business, adding that daily performance report of police stations in this regard would be reviewed.
