“Education of people is essential to curb this menace.It has to be an inclusive approach by talking to the stakeholders.” Reacting to the latest crackdown, leader of the Opposition Debabrata Saikia said: “We cannot stop child marriage by means of police force.However, courts have so far convicted only 62 people under the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006.On September 11, Sarma had told the Assam Assembly that a total of 3,907 people were arrested in cases related to child marriage in the past five years, of whom 3,319 are facing charges under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (Pocso).Later, he said that the arrest figure has gone up to 1,039.“In a massive crackdown against child marriage, Assam Police has arrested over 800 accused persons in a special operation, which began in the early hours of dawn,” Sarma said on X on Tuesday.Chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma had then announced a zero-tolerance against the social evil.The arrests were in continuation of the crackdown launched by the BJP-ruled state in February when over 3,500 people were nabbed and around 4,300 FIRs were registered.
In a state-wide crackdown against child marriage, Assam Police on Tuesday arrested over 1,000 people either on charges of marrying girls below the permissible age or encouraging or solemnizing such marriages.
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