Father sends his minor children to beg on the streets to augment the family income

Of late, one hears of Digital India, Skill India, Make in India and other similar slogans but the ground reality is that a father in Aurangabad has been arrested because he had sent his minor children aged three, five and seven years to beg on the streets to augment the family income.
This has been reported in timesofindia.indiatimes.com dated 5 March 2016.

The 35-year-old father was arrested by the police from Kranti Chowk after coming to know that some minors were indulging in begging within the court premises. All the three minors were presented before the women and child welfare committee for sending them to the rehabilitation center.
Investigation revealed that their family members had forced them to drop out from the school and get into begging in a bid to add to the family's paltry income. The father has been identified and slapped with charges for forcing juveniles to beg. If convicted, he may be face imprisonment of up to three years. And, after that, what will happen is not known - can the man and his kids return back to a normal life? This is the sad state of the story behind the glitter of hi-fi dreams and thousands of promises.


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