Overview
- A Women and Child Development team rescued Mangilal at Indore’s Sarafa Bazaar and moved him to Sevadam Ashram in Ujjain under the Beggar‑free Indore campaign.
- District officials say he disclosed owning three homes in Bhagat Singh Nagar, Shiv Nagar and Alwasa, along with three autorickshaws and a Swift Dzire operated with a hired driver.
- Authorities allege he lent Rs 4–5 lakh to traders in the Sarafa area and collected Rs 1,000–2,000 a day in interest in addition to roughly Rs 400–1,000 from alms.
- Investigators are verifying bank accounts, property records and a PMAY flat allotment, and the district collector has indicated an FIR may follow after inquiry.
- A nephew and an NGO contest parts of the administration’s claims, and officials note the wider drive has identified about 6,500 people and shifted around 1,600 to a Ujjain shelter.