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

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 on Dec. 22. "We will ...

Kishan Gopal, right, 15, sits with his 12-year-old newly wed wife Urmila in a mass marriage outside his village in the northwestern Indian state of Rajasthan on May 17, 2010 Danish Siddiqui / Reuters ...

Over 4,800 arrests have been made in Assam, India, as part of an ongoing crackdown on illegal child marriages. Police recently detained 416 individuals in overnight raids, bringing the total to ...