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NurPhoto via Getty Images. Even though the prevalence of child marriage declined in India from 49.4% in 1993 to 22.3% in 2021, a Lancet Global Health study revealed that one in five underage girls ...

Indian police have arrested more than 2,000 men in a crackdown on illegal child marriages in involving girls under the age of 18 a northeastern state. Begum is seven months pregnant. Anupam Nath / AP ...

Indian police have arrested more than 2,000 men in a crackdown on illegal child marriages involving girls under the age of 18 in a northeastern state, officials said Saturday.

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

In India, child marriages are still common, with families often seeing them as a way out of poverty — despite being illegal under the age of 18. In Maharashtra state, activists set up a helpline in ...

Child marriage has to stop in Assam and action against it will continue.” Mr Biswa Sarma previously said the police were directed to act against “unpardonable and heinous crimes on women”.

Indian police have arrested more than 2,000 men in a crackdown on illegal child marriages involving girls under the age of 18 in a northeastern state, officials said Saturday. Skip to content Close ...