Assam Director General of Police G.P. Singh told the media that 4,074 cases of child marriage were registered over a period of 36 hours till Friday.
Among those facing charges are 52 qazis or magistrates of a Sharia court, who are legally empowered to, among other things, register Muslim marriages.A woman allegedly died by suicide over fears her father would be arrested as she was married off when she was a minor. Another woman came to a police station and threatened to die by suicide unless her husband and father, who were arrested yesterday, were released.In Dhubri district’s Tamarhat, hundreds of women surrounded a police station and blocked the highway in protest against the arrested of a man on charges of child marriage.
Image source- InstaPDFBefore the 2026 assembly polls, the crackdown against child marriage will continue and in Assam no child marriage will take place. Long term steps will be taken to control the Kazi, Mr Sarma said. u2022 Write down your views about why child marriage prohibition act is not well executed in the state? Is it right to take away the husbands and fathers leaving sobbing women with children at home?
