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| Ingush policemen arrested in torture case |
| 2023-10-23 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [KavkazUzel] The court placed under arrest four policemen from Malgobek, suspected of torturing a detained local resident. As the "Caucasian Knot wrote, on October 20, investigators announced the detention of four police officers suspected in a criminal case of abuse of power with the use of violence. According to investigators, on October 5, four employees of the Malgobeksky Ministry of Internal Affairs department groundlessly detained and took a 31-year-old local resident to the police department. Then, according to the case file, they used violence against him, demanding that he confess to involvement in drug trafficking. Investigators also believe that the police extorted money from the detainee. At the request of the investigator, the court chose a preventive measure in the form of detention against four suspected police officers, the ICR department for Ingushetia reported today. The case is being investigated under points “a”, “d”, “e” of Part 3 of Article 286 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (exceeding official powers with the use of violence by a group of persons by prior conspiracy out of mercenary or other personal interest), the message on the department’s website notes. Part 3 of Article 286 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation provides for from three to 10 years of imprisonment with deprivation of the right to hold certain positions for up to three years. The fact of “possible commission of illegal acts” was identified by internal security operatives of the republican Ministry of Internal Affairs together with employees of the FSB Directorate for Ingushetia and the Main Directorate of Internal Security of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs, the regional Ministry of Internal Affairs reported on October 20, noting that the case was opened on October 19. “An internal audit is being carried out. If the guilt of the employees is confirmed, they will be dismissed from the internal affairs bodies on negative grounds and held accountable in the manner prescribed by law,” says a message on the ministry’s website. The department, as of 18.05 Moscow time, did not report on the further progress of the inspection. |
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