Jammu has become a hub of begging mafia. Hundreds of children are being pushed into the inhuman practice by well-coordinated rackets allegedly being run by Bangladeshi and Burmese Rohingya refugees, who are illegally living in the state. In the absence of stringent anti-begging law, no effort has been made by law enforcement agencies and the administration to carry background check of people roaming in the city along with children seeking alms. Though Jammu and Kashmir had enacted the Prevention of Beggary Act-1962, but it has failed to stop beggary. The…
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