ISLAMABAD: Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) Police has so far arrested 8283 professional beggars including 147 handlers during the ongoing year, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) investigation, Syed Farhat Abbas Kazmi told media persons on Wednesday. Addressing a press conference here at Rescue-15 office, he said a massive crackdown was underway against the alms-seekers and their facilitators in line with Inspector General of Police Islamabad Dr. Akbar Nasir Khan orders to purge the menace from society.
He said DIG Operations, Sohail Zafar Chatha had tasked SSP investigation to formulate teams with deployment of two vehicles each in East and West circle to tighten noose around beggars mafia. Similarly, he said all the zonal SPs and SHOs were also directed to lodge FIRs against the culprits under Human Trafficking Act. Divulging details of the nabbed person, he said around 474 FIRs were registered against 1686 alms-seekers. Whereas 928 men, 728 women and 30 transgenders were challaned. Similarly, some 147 cases were registered under section 3 Human Trafficking Act 2018. Likewise, 1894 men, 232 women, 4101 children, 305 girls and 21 eunuchs were sent to Edhi Homes and Shelter Homes, he added.
