Pareekshith Shet
Daijiworld Media Network–Udupi (EP)
Udupi, Jul 13: Five children from Rajasthan origin were taken into custody with the help of different government officials on Tuesday July 12 here. Later, they were admitted into Balamandira, a children rehabilitation centre.
After obtaining information from children welfare committee, the officials of children’s protection unit, department of labour and zilla Balakarmika Yojana Sangha took into custody the children who were begging in the city.
The children, along with their parents were found weeping after purposely falling and rolling on the road to create a scene when they were stopped from begging.
There were seven people belonging to two families who were begging in city. Two of them were infants. Among them, three were grown up children.
The authorities took the children and a woman into custody and admitted them into Balamandira in Nitturu.