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An 11-year-old school girl from Sichey area in Gangtok was found dead on April 14 in Fambonglo village near Pangthang, some five kilometres from Gangtok. When the victim did not return home from school on April 10, a missing person’s complaint was filed by her mother on April 11. Four days later, a body was…

Tensions rose in Majuli of Upper Assam on Friday after several women marched to the local police station and demanded police release their husbands arrested for allegedly participating in child marriage. “Why was the accused arrested like that?,” one of the protesters raged near the Majuli police station. “He had not stolen anything. He submitted…

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has informed that the state’s police department will arrest people participating in child marriages starting Friday, February 3. Addressing the press, Biswa Sarma said: “Starting tomorrow, thousands of people who participate in child marriages, will be arrested. We will make thousands of arrests over the next 6-7 days. Those…

The Assam Police have arrested over 1,800 people so far on Friday in a massive crackdown on child marriage, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said. The crackdown began early in the morning across the state and it will continue over the next three to four days, Sarma told reporters on the sidelines of a programme.…