438 beggars held: 9-year old girl reunited with family

Islamabad : Islamabad Police have launched special crackdown against professional alm seekers and their handlers with the purpose to curb this menace and nabbed 438 beggars during the last 48 hours, a police spokesman said on Wednesday.

Following directions of DIG (Operations) Waqar Uddin Syed, special teams have been constituted to ensure arrest of beggars’ handlers while legal process is ensured to register FIRs against the professional alm-seekers. These teams arrested 438 professional beggars from various areas of the city during current year. ASP (Shalimar) Rana Abdul Wahab has been appointed as focal person who would monitor the operation against beggars and data being maintained by police stations.

DIG (Operations) has directed to shift child beggars at Shelters Homes and Protection Centers so that Centers for their proper upbringing and make them a responsible citizen.

Specials squads have been constituted by DIG (Operations) to curb begging practice and performance of these squads is being reviewed on daily basis. During last 48 hours, a total of 438 beggars were arrested which included 183 men, 77 women, 16 transgenders and 162 children. Of these beggars, 238 were detained in jails while all 162 children were shifted to Edhi home and 18 were release on bail

Meanwhile, Tarnol police on Wednesday recovered a nine years old girl who went missing from the area of Tarnol and reunited her with family, a police spokesman said.

He said that Zahir Shah resident of Dhoke Paracha Tarnol lodged report with Tarnol police station that his nine year old daughter had been missing. He stated that he along with family members traced her but no clue was found. Following this complaint, Tarnol police registered First Information Report (case no. 154) on March 15-03-2020 under section 364-A PPC.

Later, police reunited her with their parents after completing the legal proceedings who have appreciated the hard work of Islamabad police.