GUWAHATI, India, Oct 3, 2023 (BSS/AFP) - More than 1,000 people were arrestedTuesday in India's remote northeast during the second government crackdown onillegal child marriages in the region this year, authorities said. India is home to more than 220 million child brides, according to UN figures,but the number of child weddings has fallen dramatically this century. "The number of arrests is likely to rise," he wrote in a post on X, formerlyTwitter. Sarma has campaigned on a platform of stamping out child marriages completelyin his state by 2026. The legal marriage age in India is 18 but millions of children are forced totie the knot when they are younger, particularly in poorer rural areas.

Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha October 03, 2023 23:55 UTC