Fake beggars
Some able-bodied people are found pretending to be lame, blind or dumb or some healthy beggars collect a false certificate or prescription and pretend to be patients. They beg in front of shopping malls, in universities and in vehicles. They emotionally blackmail the students and people for getting alms. Thousand of street children are also begging during daytime. Those children are sent to the streets by their parents after coaching to earn some extra pocket cash, though they are not actually poor.
Such activities must not be permitted in a civilised society.
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