Men forced into marriage in northern India
15 June 2018 |
11:00 am
Forced marriages are on the rise in India. In most cases, it's women who are kidnapped and forced into marrying a man they do not know. But in the northern state of Bihar, one of the country's poorest, men are also being kidnapped.
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