Crackdown on child marriage: Assam registers over 4,000 cases and made over 2,000 arrests
In a massive crackdown against child marriages, the Assam Police have arrested a total of 2,258 people so far, an official said on Saturday.
Earlier, Chief Minister of Assam, Himanta Biswa Sarma said that the state government decided to book men who marry girls below 14 years of age under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.
Rajib Saikia, PRO of Assam Police, has said that the highest numbers of arrests were reported from Biswanath district where 139 people were held and 97 cases were registered against child marriage. Barpeta district has the second highest number of arrests, which stands at 128 against the total number of 81 cases lodged.
The Muslim-dominated district of Dhubri logs the third-highest arrests. Already 127 people have been arrested by the police. Here, 374 complaints of child marriages have been registered.
Meanwhile, many women in different parts of the state have expressed displeasure over the arrest of their husbands. They have been protesting outside the police stations against the crackdown. Some of them even asked, “who will feed the family if their spouses are jailed”.
[With Inputs from IANS]
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Apparently trying to teach people the enormity of problems that can arise a waste of time. And change thinking and acts
Just put them on par with criminals and jail then is the motto of the ruling party.
Good action