Police volunteers in UP stop 1,172 child marriages
As many as 83,000 girls have signed up as Special Police Officers (SPOs) in Uttar Pradesh under the state police’s ‘power angels’ initiative. In the four months since the initiative started, these unpaid volunteers have stopped 1,172 child marriages. Anybody studying in class XI or above and nominated by their schools/colleges can become an SPO for a tenure of about five years.