The Government Railway Police (GRP) on Saturday claimed that they arrested eight women for forcefully engaging children in begging as a money earning business.
The accused were identified as K Basanta, R Manjula, Jai Amma, Uppama, Venkata Amma, Shyanta Amma, Munni Amma and Sushila from Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.
According to GRP Bhubaneswar IIC Soubhagya Kumar Swain, these women normally use the minors in begging with forged Government documents and medical paper with pretention of deaf, dumb and partially-sighted. The accused were forwarded to a court here, he added.
Besides, the GRP team rescued five children engaged in begging in different trains and railway stations in the State.