Mother of Dilshod “SB” detained, Akhmedov died in pre-trial detention from torture

Sodzhida Saidmurodova, the mother of Dilshod Saidmurodov, known as “Dilshodi SB” and “handsome,” was detained by the officers of the Organized Crime Control Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Tajikistan.

 According to Radio Ozodi, on August 30, 64-year-old Sodzhida Saidmurodova, the mother of Dilshod Saidmurodov, one of the suspects in the kidnapping and murder of the deputy chairman of “Orionbank,” Shukhrat Ismatulloev, was detained. Authorities have not commented on the situation yet. It is reported that she is accused of hooliganism. It is also still unknown when and where Saidmurodova committed the hooligan actions.

This is not the first time that law enforcement agencies have detained the parents of individuals involved in the case of Shukhrat Ismatulloev’s kidnapping. Earlier, Radio Ozodi reported that the mother of Akbar Akhmedov was also detained and held in custody for some time to exert pressure on Akhmedov.

In mid-August, Akbar Akhmedov was forced to return to Dushanbe from Moscow and surrender to law enforcement agencies. A few days later, he died in a pre-trial detention center under severe torture. He was secretly buried in his hometown.

As always, the authorities do not comment on the situation. Dilshod Saidmurodov and Akbar Akhmedov are considered suspects in the kidnapping and murder of Shukhrat Ismatulloev, the deputy chairman of the board of “Orionbank.” After Ismatulloev’s disappearance, they fled to Russia.

On August 28, Minister of Internal Affairs Ramazon Rahimzoda went on a working trip to Russia and noted that one of the main topics of the meeting with his Russian counterpart was the detention of Dilshod Saidmurodov and his extradition to his homeland.

The Minister of Internal Affairs of Russia, Vladimir Kolokoltsev, reported that two suspects in the murder of Shukhrat Ismatulloev were detained in Russia. It was believed that the detainees were the gang leader Dilshod Saidmurodov and Akbar Akhmedov.

However, it later became known that Akhmedov died in a pre-trial detention center in Dushanbe from torture. It is also still unknown whether Dilshod Saidmurodov was detained or not.

According to authorities, Shukhrat Ismatulloev, the deputy chairman of “Orionbank,” was kidnapped on June 23 of this year and died from torture. His body was found in the Sarazm area of the city of Panjakent. The banker was buried on August 30 in Dushanbe.

Currently, 13 people have been detained by law enforcement agencies in connection with the Ismatulloev case, and the names of some of them have not yet been disclosed.

One of the suspects, Rustam Ashurov, a former employee of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Tajikistan, opened fire at the international airport in Chișinău, Moldova, was injured during a special forces assault, and died in the hospital.