Assam: Crackdown leads to decrease in child marriage rate

Wide-scale crackdown began in Feb but people find ways to dodge law

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The Assam Police has worked hard to stop child marriages in the state. The wide-scale crackdown against child marriages began in February this year, with police arresting more than 3,000 individuals across the state.

This October, the police launched a second round of massive operations and, so far, arrested more than 1,500 people. Assam DGP, G.P. Singh, said that there has been a noticeable decrease in child marriage instances. However, he acknowledged that the issue still exists. "We have noticed that cases have decreased in the majority of the state's regions since our first operation against child marriage. However, the problem still exists in some areas,” he said.

The top cop further mentioned that the police will carry out two massive operations a year until the social scourge of child marriage is eliminated from the state.