A Bangladeshi minor denounces to the Mossos that her family wants to force her to marry a man she does not know

• Event The mother of the Terrassa sisters murdered in Pakistan points out that they were deceived by the family

• Investigation The mother witnessed the murder of the Terrassa sisters in Pakistan at the hands of her other brother

A young Bangladeshi woman, apparently a minor, has reported to the

that her parents want to force her to marry a man from their country, for which she is currently under protection in a flat of the

.

According to what

and

have advanced and sources from the

have confirmed to Efe , last night a young Bengali woman who has lived in

for several years went to a Catalan police station in

to ask for help and denounce that her family had arranged a forced marriage against her will with a man from her country whom she does not know.

Given this complaint, the

have opened an investigation and are taking the necessary steps to clarify the circumstances of this marriage of convenience, for which the parents of the young woman are being investigated.

The complaint of this young woman comes a few days after two sisters of Pakistani nationality residing in

(Barcelona) were murdered at the hands of several of their relatives for wanting to break the forced marriages to which they had been forced with two cousins ​​in this country. Asian.

The Catalan police have a protocol for the prevention of forced marriages, a crime that is persecuted by the

, and the

victim assistance groups advise these women, who are often minors.

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