The Russian Investigative Committee will protect a girl who was forced into marriage

The Chairman of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, Alexander Bastrykin, instructed the acting head of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the Sverdlovsk Region, Konstantin Miroshnichenko, to initiate a criminal case , the report states .

Bastrykin will also be given a report on the progress and results of the criminal investigation. The controversial situation is under control at the central office of the department.

Information about the girl's problems initially appeared online. It was reported that the parents had chosen a 24-year-old man from an ethnic group as a groom for the teenager. When the girl refused the offer, she was brutally beaten. For a long time, the victim was locked in the groom's house, faced threats and restrictions. She was not allowed to go outside, communicate with relatives, use the phone or go to school.

Earlier, unknown persons kidnapped a teenage girl in broad daylight in one of the Siberian schools in front of other students. According to local residents, the schoolgirl could have been kidnapped by gypsies in order to force her into marriage. Before that, the minor had started corresponding with a young man online. According to the girl, he began stalking her.