Hyderabad: 36 kids forced to beg, orphanage owners held

Hyderabad: The Golconda Police on Monday rescued 36 children, including 30 boys and six girls, from an unregistered orphanage in Rajendranagar, and handed them over to the Women and Child Welfare department.

According to the police, the children were rescued from Dove Orphan Children Home at Gandhamguda. “They were in the age group of six to eight years. The owners of home, Esther Rani and Ramesh, used to force the children to beg at public places such as Golconda Fort in the name of raising funds,” police said.

A case was booked against them, after which they were arrested and produced in court. They were remanded in judicial custody.

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