Overview

• Carabinieri executed a judge’s order placing a Bangladeshi couple from Rimini under home detention as the inquiry proceeds.
• Prosecutors allege domestic abuse along with coercion and inducement to marry their adult daughter, with a ceremony held in Bangladesh on December 17, 2024.
• Investigators report the parents seized her documents, tightly controlled her movements, and gave her sedatives and drugs intended to induce pregnancy.
• The young woman returned to Italy in April 2025, was received by Carabinieri at Bologna airport, and was moved to a protected location with support from anti-violence services.
• The father, 55, and mother, 42, are accused in a case spanning Italy and Bangladesh, with the precautionary order issued by Rimini’s investigating judge at the prosecutor’s request.