Beggars leave Hyderabad shelters before begging ban ends

Several beggars have left the Hyderabad government-run shelters despite the ban on begging till January 2018, officials said. The two-month ban was imposed ahead of US President Donald Trump's daughter Ivanka's visit to the city on November 28 and 29 for the Global Entrepreneurship Summit. Defaulters will be prosecuted if found begging again, officials added.