Yusuf Rahmon informed Emomali Rahmon about the crimes of the head of the Rasht district

The Attorney General of Tajikistan, Yusuf Rahmon, reported to the country’s president, Emomali Rahmon, that the General Prosecutor’s Office of Tajikistan has initiated a criminal case against the chairman of the Rasht district and a deputy of the Majlisi Namoyandagon (lower house of parliament) of Tajikistan, Rahimjon Mukimi.

Rahimjon Mukimi is accused of illegal allocation of land plots and receiving bribes.

As noted by the Attorney General in his report on the state of legality in the republic for the first half of 2023 to President Emomali Rahmon, a copy of which was obtained by the news portal “Bomdod,” the chairman of the Rasht district was involved in 50 corruption episodes and received bribes totaling nearly 600,000 somoni (approximately 55,000 US dollars).

“For example, the head of the Rasht district, Mukimi R.N., abusing his official powers, from 2019 to 2022, through the chairman of the rural community Khoit, Abbossoda D., received 29,000 somoni from 2 citizens and allocated them 0.33 hectares of household land at the expense of agricultural land,” the Attorney General’s report states.

Currently, Dilshod Abbossoda is the head of the education department of the Rasht district.

According to “Bomdod,” Dilshod Abbossoda was appointed to this position in 2022, demanding a bribe of 100,000 somoni. During the bribe transfer, the head of the district chairman’s office, Kholmakhmad Ortikov, was detained by the employees of the Anti-Corruption Agency, but recently the court fined him 60,000 somoni and released him. At that time, both the head of the office and the chairman of the Rasht district, Rahimjon Mukimi, were detained, but no criminal charges were brought against them.

“Also, in 2022-2023, in 44 cases, he received money from individual citizens, including in 42 cases in exchange for the allocation of 371.6 hectares of land through the head of the district land committee, Jabborov A., receiving 228,000 somoni and 3,000 US dollars, and in 2 other cases in exchange for the allocation of 6.11 hectares of land through the assistant to the district chairman, Kabutov B., receiving another 30,000 somoni. Mukimi also received 287,000 somoni and 1,000 US dollars for permission to construct various facilities and production enterprises,” the Attorney General’s report states.

The head of the land committee of the Rasht district, Alimardon Jabborov, was detained by the State National Security Committee in May 2023 on charges of illegal land sales, receiving bribes, and giving bribes.

This is not the first time that the name Rahimjon Mukimi has appeared in the media in connection with receiving bribes.

61-year-old Rahimjon Mukimi previously held various positions in the tax committee and was also the head of the financial department of the Rasht district administration.

Rahimjon Mukimi is also a deputy of the Majlisi Namoyandagon (lower house of parliament) of Tajikistan and enjoys parliamentary immunity.