Assam teenager kills self as wedding ceremony plans along with her lover go awry
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ASSAM: A 17-year-old woman allegedly died by suicide in Assam’s Cachar district after her household prevented her from going forward with wedding ceremony plans along with her lover, police mentioned on Monday.
The incident occurred amid the state authorities’s crackdown on youngster marriage, which additionally led to the cancellation of a number of weddings of underage ladies in Assam’s Barak Valley comprising Hailakandi, Cachar and Karimganj districts.
At least 2,441 folks have been arrested within the state until Monday within the persevering with operation towards youngster marriage, launched on February 3.
In Dhalai space of Cachar district, a 17-year-old woman hanged herself on Saturday after her household refused her permission to marry her lover now, a police officer mentioned.
“She had prepared to elope with her lover, but the family came to know about it and prevented her. There have been about 19 arrests in child marriage cases in neighbouring villages,” a relative of the woman mentioned.
The variety of arrests until Sunday night was 243 in Barak Valley — 80 in Cachar, 82 in Hailakandi 82 and 81 in Karimganj.
A variety of folks have cancelled scheduled weddings because the drive began, in line with homeowners of wedding ceremony halls homeowners.
One such wedding ceremony was known as off in Srimantakanishail village in Karimganj because the bride can be finishing 18 years in two months. “When the bride’s family brought this point up, both the families decided to postpone the wedding till the girl attains the legal age for marriage,” the proprietor of a marriage corridor mentioned.
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The MLA of Sonia constituency in Cachar district, Karim Uddin Barbhuiya, urged Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma to exempt these married for a few years from police motion.
In a press release, he mentioned households are being disrupted and the way forward for the kids of such households is at stake.
Barbhuiya urged the chief minister to cease “harassing the poor and weaker sections of the society” on this drive towards youngster marriage.
The state cabinet had not too long ago accepted a proposal to ebook males who’ve married ladies under 14 years of age beneath the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.
Cases beneath the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006 can be registered towards those that have married ladies within the age group of 14-18 years, the cabinet determined.
The offenders can be arrested and the marriages declared unlawful.
Assam has a excessive charge of maternal and toddler mortality, with youngster marriage being the first trigger, in line with stories by the National Family Health Survey (NFHS).
(If you might be having suicidal ideas, or are anxious a few pal or want emotional assist, somebody is all the time there to hear. Call Sneha Foundation – 04424640050 (obtainable 24×7) or iCall, the Tata Institute of Social Sciences’ helpline – 02225521111, which is offered Monday to Saturday from 8 am to 10 pm.)
ASSAM: A 17-year-old woman allegedly died by suicide in Assam’s Cachar district after her household prevented her from going forward with wedding ceremony plans along with her lover, police mentioned on Monday.
The incident occurred amid the state authorities’s crackdown on youngster marriage, which additionally led to the cancellation of a number of weddings of underage ladies in Assam’s Barak Valley comprising Hailakandi, Cachar and Karimganj districts.
At least 2,441 folks have been arrested within the state until Monday within the persevering with operation towards youngster marriage, launched on February 3.
In Dhalai space of Cachar district, a 17-year-old woman hanged herself on Saturday after her household refused her permission to marry her lover now, a police officer mentioned.
“She had prepared to elope with her lover, but the family came to know about it and prevented her. There have been about 19 arrests in child marriage cases in neighbouring villages,” a relative of the woman mentioned.
The variety of arrests until Sunday night was 243 in Barak Valley — 80 in Cachar, 82 in Hailakandi 82 and 81 in Karimganj.
A variety of folks have cancelled scheduled weddings because the drive began, in line with homeowners of wedding ceremony halls homeowners.
One such wedding ceremony was known as off in Srimantakanishail village in Karimganj because the bride can be finishing 18 years in two months. “When the bride’s family brought this point up, both the families decided to postpone the wedding till the girl attains the legal age for marriage,” the proprietor of a marriage corridor mentioned.
ALSO READ | Families level to ‘faulty’ information in ID playing cards behind youngster marriage arrests in Assam
The MLA of Sonia constituency in Cachar district, Karim Uddin Barbhuiya, urged Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma to exempt these married for a few years from police motion.
In a press release, he mentioned households are being disrupted and the way forward for the kids of such households is at stake.
Barbhuiya urged the chief minister to cease “harassing the poor and weaker sections of the society” on this drive towards youngster marriage.
The state cabinet had not too long ago accepted a proposal to ebook males who’ve married ladies under 14 years of age beneath the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.
Cases beneath the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006 can be registered towards those that have married ladies within the age group of 14-18 years, the cabinet determined.
The offenders can be arrested and the marriages declared unlawful.
Assam has a excessive charge of maternal and toddler mortality, with youngster marriage being the first trigger, in line with stories by the National Family Health Survey (NFHS).
(If you might be having suicidal ideas, or are anxious a few pal or want emotional assist, somebody is all the time there to hear. Call Sneha Foundation – 04424640050 (obtainable 24×7) or iCall, the Tata Institute of Social Sciences’ helpline – 02225521111, which is offered Monday to Saturday from 8 am to 10 pm.)
