15 women, 25 children rounded up for begging
The Hindu
In a co-ordinated exercise, officials from Women and Child Development Department and the Police Department carried out a simultaneous exercise to round up women and children found begging at traffic
In a co-ordinated exercise, officials from Women and Child Development Department and the Police Department carried out a simultaneous exercise to round up women and children found begging at traffic signals, business, and commercial areas besides tourist destinations across the city on Monday.
A total of 15 women and 25 children were rounded up in the exercise involving officials from the Mysuru district child protection unit, special juvenile police unit, anti-human trafficking unit, childline and Don Bosco Makkalalaya, an NGO working for the promotion of child rights in Mysuru.
Mysuru district child protection officer Abhi Kumar told The Hindu that personnel from different wings formed four different teams in a planned operation on Monday. “The teams set out in different directions. The women and children were picked up from different parts of the city, including K.R. Circle, Mysuru zoo, near Olympia Talkies, near Prabha talkies, Fountain Circle, Columbia Asia hospital junction etc,” he said.