MBA Graduate Who Worked In London, US Green Card Holder Among Beggars Held In Hyderabad Ahead Of Ivanka's Visit
Hyderabad police rounded up over a thousand beggars from across the city ahead of Ivanka Trumps visit to the city. The cops were not prepared for the backstory of two of them who were shifted to a rehab centre. The duo to the surprise of the cops spoke to them in fluent English and even argued with them when they were being shifted.
It was a routine operation for police in Hyderabad who rounded up over a thousand beggars from across the city ahead of Ivanka Trump's visit to the city. But, what the cops were not prepared for was the backstory of two of them who were shifted to a rehab centre.
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The duo to the surprise of the cops, spoke to them in fluent English and even argued with them when they were being shifted. One of them, Farzana, who was caught begging near a shrine has an MBA and had worked as an accounts officer in London.
The 50-year-old owns a luxury apartment in Hyderabad and her son, an architect is in the US.
According to her son, Farzana apparently took to begging at the Dargah on the directions of a godman who said that it will remove the bad luck from her life. Based on her son's affidavit, Farzana has been released by police.
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Another woman, Rabiya Baseera who fought with the cops at the rehab centre is a US green card holder and owns property in the city was forced to beg after she was cheated by her relatives who took away her possessions.
¡°She speaks fluent English and when she explained her story, we had tears in our eyes. She was well-settled and owned properties in the city. But a few of her relatives cheated her out of her wealth. After she was caught begging, some of her relatives gave us a declaration that they would take care of her and took her with them,¡± a police officer was quoted saying in Deccan Chronicle.
