City Traffic Police (CTP) have arrested 1533 beggars from the main city roads in last five month while 12 cases were registered against the beggars during the period. Chief Traffic Officer (CTO) Rawalpindi, Senior Superintendent Police (SSP) Shoaib Khurram Janbaz said that city traffic police is trying to eliminate the begging from city roads and during its efforts, as many as 1533 beggars were arrested and handed over to district police in five months of 2014.
He said, 434 beggars were netted in January while 318 beggars were sent behind the bars during February. Similarly, 352 in March, 213 in April and 216 in May were rounded up.
He informed that the beggar children netted from city roads are later handed over to Child Protection Bureau.
He further said that two special squads comprising an Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI), six constables and a lady constable, are working to nab the beggars.
Directives have also been issued to the squads to register cases against the beggars and the report in this regard should be sent to him, he said.
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