On Friday, she asked her father for her marriage certificate. "I told her that her husband was dead and she had nothing to worry about," Mr Rashid says.But Kulsoom was afraid the police would arrest her parents."So she took her life - to protect us," Mr Rashid says.Dr Kalam says that while most of the child marriages in Assam occur among the marginalised communities, a powerful social movement against the practice has taken shape in recent years.