Police have busted a criminal gang in Gujrat district that used children for beggary and freed over a dozen children from its clutches, Daily Express reported.
Acting on complaints of the local people in Lalamusa, police tracked down and then raided the hideout of the gang and found the children locked up in a room.
The children were forced to beg in the streets and bring back the money to the ringleader.
Further probe in to child trafficking, abuse and kidnappings is underway, police said.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 14th, 2014.