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RAWALPINDI, Jul 24 (APP):As many as 95 more professional beggars have been arrested by the Rawalpindi Police during the ongoing crackdown in the last 11 days.
According to a police spokesman on Thursday, the crackdown was launched on the instructions of City Police Offiecr Syed Khalid Hamdani to make the city free of the menace as per the vision of Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz.
The spokesman said special squads had been formed to take action against professional beggars.
The action against the professional beggars was all the more important as most of them were also involved in theft, drug trafficking and other crimes, he added.
He said the police were maintaining strict surveillance to prevent begging on busy roads and highways.