# A crackdown on illegal child marriages in India’s northeast has resulted in nearly five-thousand arrests, after 416 people were detained in the latest police sweep. Chief minister of Assam state, Himanta Biswa Sarma, says the state will continue to take bold steps to end this social evil. India is home to more than 220-million child brides, according to the United Nations, but the number of child weddings has fallen dramatically this century.
Assam state in India continues fight against child brides