Child traffickers rope in 8-year-old boys to beg at stations, bus stands

Begging is rampant all over India and they can be seen in not only outside temples but also at railway stations, bus stops. Very few of them are genuine beggars who have no other means of livelihood but, a majority of them belong to organized rackets of exploitation.
A gang with Bangladeshi and Indian members involved in trafficking girls is believed to be pushing the boys -as young as eight years - into organized begging rackets. These usually operate from railway stations, bus depots and long-distance trains.
This has been reported in timesofindia.indiatimes.com dated 14 December 2015.

The Railway Police of Katihar rescued 14 children who had gone "missing" from Malda's Harischandrapur recently. The children had been hired for anything between Rs 2000-4000 per month and the money was being sent to their parents. When children go missing and are kidnapped, they usually land up in the nets of the child traffickers and the girls are pushed into the flesh trade.
Moreover, both boys and girls are also inducted into the begging trade - people have pity on them and give them money which ultimately goes into the pockets of the racketeers.

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