
Men marrying girls below 14 yrs to be booked under POCSO in Assam: CM
[ad_1] Guwahati: The Assam Cabinet on Monday decided to book men who marry girls below 14 years in the state under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said. Assam has a “high” rate of maternal and infant mortality and the primary cause for that is child marriage, the…