In Sughd, police officers subjected a detainee to torture

A resident of the Spitamen district complains that he was beaten by 4 police officers and had 6 ribs broken.

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As reported by the Bomdod agency, Gulomjon Zoirov, born in 1981, a resident of the Spitamen district of the Sughd region, while intoxicated, hugged his elderly neighbor. At that moment, a police officer happened to be nearby and began to question Gulomjon. Despite the fact that the woman also told the officer that she had no complaints, the police officer put Gulomjon in a car and took him to the police station.

According to the victim, 4 police officers began to beat him with their feet, to the point that he could not get up from the spot. He recognized only one of his tormentors – a district officer named Bakhtiyor.

After the beating, the duty officer brought Gulomjon into one of the rooms and told him to rest a bit before going to the hospital. Gulomjon Zoirov was able to leave the police station only in the morning of October 17 and went home. That day, he could not get up at all.

The next day, October 18, he went to the hospital. An X-ray showed that he had 6 broken ribs and also suffered a concussion. The doctors called the police. During the interrogation, Gulomjon confessed to the officer that he had been beaten by 4 police officers at the station.

On October 22, Gulomjon underwent a forensic medical examination. However, the expert Shukhrat Kushmurodov wrote in his conclusion that he supposedly fell and broke his 6 ribs.

Later, the doctors gave Gulomjon an injection with a sleeping pill, and in a semi-conscious state, police officers came in and obtained his signatures on documents, including a paper stating that he was informed of the examination results, agreed with them, and had no complaints. But Zoirov says he doesn’t even know what he signed in that state.

At the same time, it is unknown whether Gulomjon Zoirov filed a complaint with another authority.

Law enforcement officials in Tajikistan, including the police, use torture and beatings during detention and investigation to force suspects to take the blame. There have been recorded cases where detainees could not withstand the brutal torture and died. However, in many cases, law enforcement officials have not been held accountable.