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"Govt committed to crackdown on child marriages": Assam Dy Speaker
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Earlier, Assam police arrested around 5,000 people during the first phase and arrested 15 clerics for their alleged role in child marriages.
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Law will take its own course, says Gauhati High Court on Assam govt crackd
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The Gauhati High Court on Tuesday raised serious questions on the ongoing crackdown on child marriages by the Assam government while observing "if the marriage is taking place in violation of law, the law will take its own course".
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Assam police arrests 2441 people in connection with child marriages
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The total number of people arrested in connection with child marriages escalated to 2,441, informed Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday.
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Congress leader Gaurav Gogoi calls Assam govt's crackdown on child marriag
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The drive was launched on Thursday night after CM Himanta Biswa Sarma chaired a video-conference meeting with senior officials of the police department directing them to launch a crackdown to rid the state of the evil practice of child marriage.
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Women protest against Assam govt's crackdown on child marriages
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
A large number of women on Saturday staged a protest in front of a police station in Assam's Dhubri district against the Assam government's action against child marriage. Security personnel were forced to resort to lathi-charge to disperse the women who gathered in front of the Tamarhat poli
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"What will happen to those married girls?"Owaisi after Assam govt's crackd
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
"You are in the government for six years, so it is a failure of the state. Why haven't you built more schools in the state," Owaisi said.
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Assam BJP MP calls AIUDF Chief Ajmal 'communal man' over his remark on cra
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) Chief Badruddin Ajmal while taking note of the ongoing crackdown on child marriages in Assam had said that this action was to 'harass' Muslims.
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Child marriage crackdown: 2170 people arrested so far in Assam
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Assam Police spokesperson Prasanta Kumar Bhuyan on Saturday said that so far 2,170 people involved in child marriage cases have been arrested in the state.
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Crackdown on child marriages, 139 people arrested in Assam's Biswanath
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Assam police have arrested 139 people in Biswanath district as part of its state-wide crackdown on child marriages after CM Himanta Biswa Sarma directed to end the 'menace'.
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