Temporary jails set up for hundreds held in Assam crackdown

The arrests on charges of either marrying underage girls or solemnising and encouraging such marriages crossed the 2,400-mark on the fourth day of the crackdown, prompting the government to convert the Matia transit camp, which was built for declared foreigners in Goalpara, and a stadium in Silchar into temporary jails to accommodate the arrestees.

Temporary jails set up for hundreds held in Assam crackdown
The arrests on charges of either marrying underage girls or solemnising and encouraging such marriages crossed the 2,400-mark on the fourth day of the crackdown, prompting the government to convert the Matia transit camp, which was built for declared foreigners in Goalpara, and a stadium in Silchar into temporary jails to accommodate the arrestees.