Men attempt to abduct girl for marriage in Bishkek

11:47, 22 ноября 2022, Bishkek - 24.kg news agency , Yuri KOPYTIN

Investigators of the Leninsky District Department of Internal Affairs of Bishkek detained suspects in the abduction of a girl. Press service of the department reported.

«A citizen applied to the police with a statement on November 20 with a request to take action against unfamiliar men, who on the same day at about 3 p.m. in Archa-Beshik residential area put her in a Volkswagen Passat car and took her away to Tokmak to marry against her will,» the statement says.

A criminal case was initiated under article 172 «Kidnapping a person for marriage» of the Criminal Code of the Kyrgyz Republic.

Officers identified the suspects and took them into custody. One of them is 20 years old, the other is 24 years old. Both were placed in the temporary detention center of the Central Internal Affairs Directorate of the capital. The investigation is ongoing.