Yaqyn Inkar was founded in India. Authorities in Kyrgyzstan consider it an extremist organization and banned it in June.
Toktosunov said that the suspect has two wives, as well as 12 children who have never been officially registered and were not enrolled in school. He the suspect regularly visited India and Bangladesh to participate in Yaqyn Inkar seminars and in 2003 translated several books of the religious group from Urdu into Kyrgyz and Russian.Members of Yaqyn Inkar try to live as people did when the Prophet Mohammad was alive. They do not use modern technical devices, refuse medical and social services, travel on foot, and wear only traditional white clothes.
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In 2016, before the group was banned, Kyrgyz officials expressed concerns about the religious movement, saying it was propagating its ideas without obtaining legal permission.