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Dubai Police have taken into custody the parents of a seven-year-old boy, who was forced to act blind and beg on the streets during the Holy Month of Ramadan.

The boy was made to beg for six hours a day.

Investigation shows that the boy, along with his sisters, was forced to beg in different parts of the emirates by his Asian parents.

According to authorities legal action will be taken against the parents.