MIRPUR (Kashmir English): Mirpur district authorities on Tuesday arrested 22 male and female professional beggars during raids at various busiest localities in Azad Kashmir’s second largest city.
As per details, the operation was carried out on the special instructions of Deputy Commissioner Mirpur, Yasir Riaz.
Assistant Commissioner Mirpur Syed Kaleem Abbas, and Tehsildar Imran Yousaf, along with the police, conducted an operation against professional beggars and arrested 22 women and several other beggars.
The professional beggars were detained in the Mirpur police station, the Mirpur AJ&K District administration spokesman said.
He said that the administration has decided to continue its indiscriminate operation against professional beggars with a prime focus on making the district clean of the menace of beggary. Local social and political quarters have appreciated the anti-professional beggars drive.
The general public has also requested the continuation of effective action in the future to make the city and the rest of the district clean of professional beggars.
