Guwahati: The Assam Police have made over 1800 arrests so far as part of their massive campaign against child marriage cases in the state.
The arrests follow the announcement by the state’s Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma of the state’s stern stance against child marriage cases.
The manhunt was launched since Thursday evening across the state. The highest number of arrest have been reported from Dhubri which had 370 cases reported.
The arrests made so far include:
134 in Dhubri, 110 in Barpeta, 131 in Biswanath, 74 in Nagaon, 91 in Hojai, 79 in Karimganj, 60 in Morigaon, 59 in Golaghat, 85 in Kokrajhar, 8 in Jorhat, 34 in Nalbari, 30 in Udalguri, 35 in South Salmara, 53 in Kamrup (M), 23 in Bongaigaon, 24 in Sivasagar, 40 in Chirang, 17 in Sonitpur, 11 in Hailakandi, 23 in Dhemaji, 63 in Charaideo, 67 in Goalpara, 16 in Majuli, 31 in Darrang, 22 in Lakhimpur, 106 in Baksa, 13 in Tinsukia, 62 in Kamrup Rural and 7 in Dibrugarh.
As per reports, a total of 53 persons have been apprehended so far in Guwahati.
On the other hand, 192 cases related to child marriage have been registered at different police stations under the Guwahati Police Commissionerate, a senior police official said.