“Assam Police has arrested 1,800 persons in connection with child marriage-related cases across the state so far,” stated chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma.
State large arrests are presently underway against these violating provisions of Prohibhiton of Child Marriage Act .… https://t.co/yrLViRmkMu
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“I have asked Assam police to act with a spirit of zero tolerance against the unpardonable and heinous crime on women,” stated Sarma in a tweet.
“Till Friday morning, 1,793 persons have been arrested by police across the state,” ANI quoted , Prasanta Kumar Bhuyan, Inspector General of Police (IGP) (L&O) and spokesperson of Assam police, as saying.
Prasanta Kumar Kumar Bhuyan added that out of those, 131 individuals have been arrested in Biswanath. “The arrested persons’ figure might be increased. Operations are still on.”
Police have registered over 4,000 instances of child marriage in Assam beneath the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006, in addition to POCSO Act in the final 9 days
The state-wide crackdown against child marriage was launched on Thursday night time, following the instructions of the Assam Chief Minister Sarma.
The state authorities has taken the transfer following the National Family Health Survey-5 report, which revealed that 31% of ladies in the 20-24 age group had been married earlier than the age of 18 years in Assam as against the nationwide common of 23% in 2019-20.
The Chief Minister has appealed to the folks to assist the federal government’s motion to rid the state of the evil follow of child marriage.
