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