Assam Police have arrested 2,044 people, including priests who conducted child marriages, and filed over 4,000 cases. This comes after the state government decided to act on this issue in a decision taken January 23.
Guwahati: Relatives react after police arrested people allegedly involved in child marriages, during Assam government's statewide crackdown on child marriages.(PTI)
On Thursday, chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said over 4,000 cases had been registered as part of the campaign against under-aged marriages in Assam.
Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma.(ANI file)
The Assam cabinet on Monday decided to book men who marry girls below 14 years of age under the POCSO Act. Those who marry girls in the age group of 14-18 years will be tried under the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006.