India, March 18 -- The Lok Sabha on Tuesday was informed that from 2019 to 2026, the Delhi Police has received three complaints about forceful begging by transgenders.

Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai informed the Lok Sabha that of these, two complaints were found non-actionable and one complaint was converted into a First Information Report (FIR) where a charge sheet has been filed in court.

"From 2014 to now, no person has been arrested for begging under the Delhi Prevention of Begging Rules, 1960. The Delhi High Court had decriminalised begging in the Delhi in August 2018... The Court has also held that criminalising begging violates fundamental rights under Article 14 and 21 of the Constitution," read the reply by th...