Crackdown on child marriage


A crackdown on illegal child marriages in the country’s northeast has resulted in nearly 5,000 arrests after 416 people were detained in the latest police sweep, a minister said.

“We will continue to take bold steps to end this social evil,” Himanta Biswa Sarma, chief minister of Assam state, said.

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