BEGGAR MAFIA THE SOCIAL EVIL

BEGGARS IN INDIAOrganized begging is a form of human trafficking that is highly practiced in India. Around 60,000 children go missing in India each year, however, there are probably way more that are not accounted for. The children are forced to work for beggar mafia's, which are organized criminal groups. The mafia usually only takes children that are ten years of age or younger. It is recommended that tourists, as well as natives, do not give the beggars any type of money. By giving them money, the mafia keeps making more and more money, which means they will be kidnapping more kids.

OVER 60,000 CHILDREN GO

MISSING IN INDIA EVERY YEAR.

CHILD BEGGARSThe beggars mafia kidnaps infants and young children and force them to work as beggars on the street. The kidnappers come off as kind people who are just trying to help, however, they end up drugging the children and forcing them to be beggars. The mafia kidnaps newborns from the hospitals, infants, homeless children, and any child that may seem vulnerable. The mafia will also rent a baby, drug him or her, and send them out on the street with the women in order to cause sympathy. The children are brutally beaten, starved, burned, and some even have limbs amputated or eyes pulled out. The worse the children look, the more money they bring into the mafia. The mafia also keeps the children addicted to opium or other drugs in order to control them.

CHILD BEGGARSThe children are not allowed to keep the money they earn, all of it goes to the mafia leader. If they do not make the target amount, the child is brutally beaten and abused. The mafia teaches these children how to effectively beg for money. They teach them where to beg, who to beg, and how to get sympathy from other people. These children eventually become addicted to the street life considering that is all they know. A lot of these children will stay in the streets even when offered help to get out of it. There are no limits when it comes to the beggar mafia in India.

HOW THE MAFIA WORKS IN BANGALORE?

HOW THE MAFIA WORKS IN BANGALORE?Gang brings kids from city outskirts in trains and drops them at specific points every day. Parents force children to beg.Every morning, these children are brought in trains and dropped at specific points to beg on the streets of Bangalore.In the evening, they are picked up again with the collections and dropped in the city’s outskirts.Parents driven by poverty and promised by middle men with earnings force their children to beg on the streets.

HOW THE MAFIA WORKS IN BANGALORE? Usually, children between two and eight years of age are targeted. Many of them are abducted. They are later given lessons in begging to invoke the sympathy of passers-by.In the case of babies who are too young to learn, women who carry them in their arms pinch them to make them cry to tug at the heart strings of people.The mafia often goes to the extremes by disfiguring the children with acid or amputating their limbs to draw the attention of people.A study conducted by Child Welfare Committee (CWC) reveals that each child earns over Rs100 a day while the aged beggars can earn up to Rs500.

HOW SHOULD WE DEAL WITH BEGGARS IN INDIA?

HOW TO DEAL WITH BEGGARS (PERSONAL LEVEL)These children could literally break somebody's heart just by the way they look, however, it is important that you do not give them money. Instead, you could offer them food or drink, even though they usually turn it down. It may seem kind of cruel, however, the best thing to do is ignore the beggars, even if they are children. If you feel like you have to give them money, be sure to give them a very small amount.It is also important that you do not give money to women beggars with newborn babies. These babies are rented and drugged in order to make them drowsy.

BEGGING IS NOT ALLOWED IN INDIA;

BEGGING IS ILLEGAL IN INDIA. (BOMBAY PREVENTION OF

BEGGING ACT 1959)

STATISTICS

24597 recognized beggars by the state of Karnataka in 2014.-govt data.33,000(approx.) beggars are there in Karnataka.- average of 5 different reports by NGO’s(2015).Over 10,00,000 beggars in India.The overall turnover of beggar mafia in India is estimated to be Rs.300 crores.

SOLUTIONS

In collaboration with police department and multiple NGO’s a network of volunteers can be formed to keep an eye in the areas where the beggar mafia rate is high.These volunteers can directly report the details of the beggars to the police department.Later the reported beggars can be taken to rehab facilities provided by the NGO’s and can lead a better life.Public awareness campaigns have to be initiated.All the railway stations, bus stands, etc must be constantly inspected to decrease the effects of the beggar mafia.

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