State police have arrested more than 2,400 people since Friday. Police have invoked the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act against men accused of marrying girls below 14 years of age - punishment ranges from seven years' imprisonment to a life sentence and the accused can't get bail. Gaurav Gogoi, a lawmaker from the Congress party, called the move a "[public relations] exercise", saying police were investigating cases that were "decades old without proper enquiry or adherence to procedure"