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Crime
Six Arrested in Nagaon’s Kachua Amid Child Marriage Crackdown
✍️ India Today NE
🗓 27 Oct 2026, 01:37 PM
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Police in Assam's Nagaon district detained six individuals in Kachua as part of a crackdown on alleged child marriages.
Police officers from the Nagaon district of Assam entered the village of Kachua on Thursday and arrested six men and women suspected of arranging or facilitating child marriages.
The arrests were part of a broader operation launched by state authorities to curb the practice of marrying minors, which has been a persistent issue in several rural areas of the state.
Officials say the detained individuals were involved in arranging marriages for children under the legal age, and they will be charged under the Child Marriage Restraint Act and related provisions.
The police have assured that the investigation will continue and that any further offenders will be brought to justice.
The operation follows a series of complaints received from local residents and NGOs about illegal matrimonial arrangements in the region.
The arrests were part of a broader operation launched by state authorities to curb the practice of marrying minors, which has been a persistent issue in several rural areas of the state.
Officials say the detained individuals were involved in arranging marriages for children under the legal age, and they will be charged under the Child Marriage Restraint Act and related provisions.
The police have assured that the investigation will continue and that any further offenders will be brought to justice.
The operation follows a series of complaints received from local residents and NGOs about illegal matrimonial arrangements in the region.