HC asks police to probe doctor-beggar racket

New Delhi, Aug 20 (UNI) The Delhi High Court has asked the Delhi Police to institute a probe to unearth the racket involving the doctors who chop off the limbs of healthy people to make them beggars.

Taking cognizance of a reference by a lower court, a Division Bench of Justices R S Sodhi and P K Bhasin asked the police to file a probe report on the matter within four weeks.

On the basis of news reports and a feature in a TV channel, the Delhi Bar Association had filed a complaint with Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Kamini Lau seeking direction to the police for a probe.

However, the trial Judge referred the matter to the High Court for necessary action as it did not have the jurisdiction to order a probe.

In the complaint, the Association said a gang of beggars and lepers belonging to an organized racket were creating nuisance and intimidating the public at many traffic crossings in South Delhi.

Some of these beggars had got their limbs amputated with the help of doctors who were part of the begging racket, said the petition seeking removal of the beggars from the capital city.

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