| New Delhi, July 31, 2006:
THE BEGGAR MAFIA LURE POOR PEOPLE WITH PROMISES OF MORE EARNINGS TO GET THEIR
LIMBS CHOPPED OFF AND PUSH THEM INTO BEGGING…
THERE IS A NETWORK
OF DOCTORS ACROSS NORTH INDIA THAT DOES THIS GORY JOB…
CNN IBN Special
investigation team and DIG have for the first time found concrete evidence of
the existence of a Beggar Mafia in India. Our investigation has revealed that
the mafia operates in collusion with a network of doctors to chop off healthy
limbs of beggars.
In an undercover operation, CNN-IBN reporters discovered
that a network of doctors supports Beggar Mafia across northern India in cities
like Delhi, Noida, Ghaziabad, and Bareilley etc. For the greed of earning a few
substantial extra bucks, these doctors are ready to forget their professional
ethics and code of conduct. The investigation reveals the brutal truth of these
doctors, who charge large sums of money and comply with the Beggar Mafia in amputating
limbs of perfectly normal people and force them into begging. The
exclusive series “ Beggars Don’t Scream”, discloses how poor people
are kidnapped or lured into getting their limbs amputated to become beggars. The
investigation takes the cover off the medical practitioners who act as the backbone,
supporting the mafia in this gory job. Our leads had suggested that
Dr. Ajay Agarwal was involved in illegal amputations. Dr. Ajay Agarwal is a senior
orthopaedic surgeon with Ghaziabad and Noida district hospitals. Following specific
leads, when our investigators approached him for amputation of a healthy limb,
he not only agreed but also led us to several other doctors. On further investigation,
CNN IBN-DIG were able to expose two more doctors- Dr. Arvind Agarwal, Secretary
of the Orthopaedic Association of Bareilly and Dr. P K Bansal a senior orthopaedician
who runs a private clinic Orthomat in Old Rajinder Nagar, Delhi. Each
of these doctors accepted money for conducting amputations on healthy limbs. Dr.
Ajay Agarwal even admitted a fake beggar in his Uma Nursing Home. The X Ray report
of the fake beggar available with CNN IBN-DIG is perfectly normal, the doctor
however was willing to induce gangrene in the healthy limb in order to justify
the amputation. After preliminary medical tests, the fake beggar escaped from
the nursing home on the pretext of lunch. Following the airing
of the CNN IBN-DIG stories, Dr. Ajay Agarwal and Dr. Arvind Agarwal have gone
in to hiding. The police took Dr. P K Bansal for questioning, however, released
him without registering a case. In the 2nd part
of the series ‘Beggars Don’t Scream’ CNN IBN-DIG will present beggar
testimonies and other evidence that confirms the existence of a beggar mafia.
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