Child Brides Break Down In Tears As They Are Forced To Marry Boys In Secret Footage From India

A mass child marriage ceremony in India has been captured on camera – showing young brides crying as they are forced to wed.

The heartbreaking video was taken in Chittorgarh, a city in Rajasthan, northern India, a state in the country that is prevalent for child marriages.

In one clip a young girl of around ten-years-old is desperately crying and pleading for help as her father drags her around the customary ceremony.

In another clip a priest – conducting the Hindu ritual – is also seen scolding the children for crying.

Six marriages took place in two days around the Akshaya Tritiya, a Hindu festival believed to be auspicious for child marriages in rural India.