The Assam government’s recent drive against child marriage, which has led to several thousand arrests, has created a turmoil in a section of society. There are hugely disturbing reports that teenage mothers-to-be are avoiding going for medical check-ups or hospital visits out of fear that this will bring the police to their doorstep looking for their husbands and other elderly close relations like parents-in-law.
Newly arrived babies are also being denied medical attention out of the same fear of their parents who are not taking them for medical check-ups. Some pregnant. . .
