23 held in ongoing drive against professional beggars.

RAWALPINDI -- The Rawalpindi Police, in its crackdowns against professional beggars on Sunday, arrested 23 beggars to discourage the menace of begging and avoid risk of road accidents due to jaywalking of tramps.

On the directives of the in-charge Anti-Beggars Squad, the respective police teams took action against the professional beggars and detained them in different police stations of Rawalpindi city, said the Rawalpindi Police spokesperson.

SSP Operations Waseem Riaz said the special Anti-Beggar Squad was working hard to overcome the increasing number of...

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