Degradation of humanity: The cruel factory of making beggars is going on

The Dhaka Times Desk The story of the movie is not the beggar trade in Bangladesh! Helpless orphan children and elderly people from different parts of the country are bought at different prices and physically disabled and used for begging. Recently, such a beggar-making factory was discovered in the water pump area of Dhaka's Manda.

অসহায় মানুষদের পঙ্গু করে ভিক্ষাবৃত্তিতে বাধ্য করার বিষয়টি বহু পুরনো। যুগ যুগ ধরে এটি এ দেশে চলে আসছে কর্তৃপক্ষীয় নজরদারির অভাবে। কিন্তু দৈনিক কালের কণ্ঠে ১৭ মে প্রকাশিত The report shows that the issue has now become institutionalized under the control of some chieftains. A gang is working to catch stray children and old people from all over the country. From various places including slums, stations, they bring stray children and old women and sell them to beggar chiefs for 20 to 40 thousand rupees. Especially for the elderly, the older and more disabled the elderly, the higher the cost. Children and old people bought from one place are sent to another place to work as beggars.

The beggar chiefs buy these helpless people and keep them in a dark room for 2 to 3 years. During this time, inhuman torture was carried out on them. Inadequate food, not allowed to sleep, mental torture, these helpless people are physically disabled. In captivity, they are mutilated in various ways, and deep wounds are created on the body so that when they go to beg, they get good alms by earning people's mercy. At a certain time these beggars are brought to different spots in different cities of the country including Dhaka city and at the end of the day they are picked up again from there. At that time, the chieftains took away the begging money from them. It is known that these helpless people are allowed to live and eat in return for alms. A pile of them is kept in a room. In the report, it is seen that many people have been given space to sleep in the toilet. They are not given the right food because they have to urinate more if they eat more! Seeing the condition in which these unfortunate people are kept, the eyes cannot help but get wet. The helpless people who are victims of these conditions are being kept in the same room for a long time and are being subjected to mental disorders through daily torture. Their condition is so bad that they can't tell their real names and addresses anymore.

Among them there are some beggars who are under the control of the chiefs and give a certain commission to the chiefs from the alms of the whole day. Some of those who are involved in this dirty work by exploiting the public sentiments against disabled people are also socially influential and associated with various political parties. Along with the chieftains, the money of these commissions was distributed everywhere to the local influential circles and terrorists. Meanwhile, it is known that the administration has many hands with these dishonest circles. As a result, due to the lack of official supervision, this crime was going on freely.

বিষয়টি নিয়ে অনুসন্ধানী প্রতিবেদনের পর স্থানীয় প্রশাসনের টনক নড়ে গ্রেপ্তার করা হয়ছে ৮ জনকে. Police said the operation will continue till the last person of this gang is arrested. Meanwhile, among those who have been arrested in the police operation, there are several children. Most of the beggars and their chiefs fled the area early in the morning on seeing the raid. Before this, a TV channel made a report on the inhuman activities of making helpless people beggars in this area. After that report all the Raghava Boals went out of reach and when the situation normalized they came back and continued the same activities.

Reports, ambitions, organized criminals are the current picture of our society. If the moral slippage of the people of the society cannot be prevented and if the artisans of making beggars of these perverted mentality cannot be stopped from the shadow of the administration and local influential circles, then no campaign will bring any benefit. Above all, employment should be ensured for the hapless beggars who are victims of the situation. The government has vagrant shelters for beggars or destitute people wandering around the city. The actual picture of these centers is worse. The few helpless beggars who are brought to these places do not want to stay here due to lack of proper food and proper management. Or they are again brought by the chiefs and put to the same use.

Meanwhile, about how many beggars there are in the country Government survey Even though he got his hands on the job, he is now under investigation by the Social Welfare Ministry-related parliamentary sub-committee on allegations of corruption of Tk 7 crore last year. This irregularity has mainly occurred in the creation of the database. 10 departments of the government and engaged in database creation Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) Information has been found to be directly related to these irregularities and corruption.

If the government does not take practical and timely measures, then many more unfortunate faces will be added to these helpless innocent people of the society. The government should ensure that the issue is seriously considered in the government circles. Because if the government is active in stopping begging, it will not be possible for anyone to run a begging business by making healthy people disabled or holding disabled people as hostages. Along with the government, common people like us also need to be aware and come forward. If we see these helpless people in various places including bus, train station, we have to give our hands at home. One or two should be employed through joint assistance as possible. Above all, social movements should be developed. We have to remember that these street beggars do not hate them, but Maya's hands at home.

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