阿萨姆警方在12月21日至22日镇压童婚时逮捕了416人。 Assam Police arrested 416 people in a crackdown on child marriages on December 21-22.

据首席部长Himanta Biswa Sarma说,阿萨姆警察在12月21日至22日开始镇压童婚期间逮捕了416人,登记了335个案件。 Assam Police arrested 416 people and registered 335 cases during a crackdown on child marriages starting December 21-22, according to Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. 这是打击童婚的更大努力的一部分,尽管印度法定结婚年龄为18岁,但这一习俗影响到农村地区数百万儿童。 This is part of a larger effort to combat child marriage, a practice that affects millions of children in rural areas despite the legal marriage age being 18 in India. 这些逮捕是2023年2月以来行动的第三阶段,目标是到2026年根除童婚。 The arrests are the third phase of operations since February 2023, with the goal of eradicating child marriages by 2026.