Police chief arrested for the rape of a minor

An employee of the General Prosecutor’s Office of Tajikistan has detained the head of the police department of the Romit jamoat

According to Radio Ozodi, citing its sources, the head of the police department of the Romit jamoat in the city of Vahdat, Firdavs Kabutov, is suspected of “raping a minor girl.” The Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Prosecutor General’s Office have not yet officially commented on this fact.

According to Radio Ozodi, an arrest warrant for Firdavs Kabutov was issued in early October.

“He is currently in a temporary detention facility, and a case has been initiated against him on suspicion of ‘raping a minor girl’ (Article 138 Part 2 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Tajikistan),” the report states.

According to this article, he faces a prison sentence of 7 to 12 years, as well as a lifetime ban from holding certain positions.

According to the publication, the girl is now 17 years old. Kabutov raped her when she was 16 in Dushanbe. Since then, the head of the police department has repeatedly coerced her into intimacy under various threats.

The head of the Romit police department is unavailable for comments, so it is unknown whether he has admitted his guilt. However, a distant relative stated that Kabutov has been slandered. According to him, “the girl voluntarily met with Kabutov, hiding that she was a minor.” He also claims that the girl approached the prosecutor’s office after asking Kabutov for money and being refused.

The girl herself is also unavailable for comments. “Informed sources reported that the victim said in the prosecutor’s office that Kabutov had kept her in fear for over a year so that she would not complain about him,” the report states.